Interpreting spatial variations in anisotropy: Insights into the Main Ethiopian Rift from SKS waveform modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1701-1712

  Hammond, J O S ^a   Kendall, J M ^a   Angus, D ^a,b   Wookey, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Continental tectonics: extensional; Seismic anisotropy; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 77954072856     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04587.x     Document Type: Article

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