Frequency-dependent shear wave splitting and heterogeneous anisotropic structure beneath the Gulf of California region

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 59-72

  Long, Maureen D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency dependence; Gulf of California; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; SKS; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SKS; UPPER MANTLE;

ANISOTROPY; BANDPASS FILTERS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; AZIMUTH; BODY WAVE; GEODYNAMICS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956190150     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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