Depth dependent azimuthal anisotropy in the western US upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 385-394

  Yuan, Huaiyu ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular pattern; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Surface waves; Upper mantle; Western US

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR PATTERN; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; UPPER MANTLE; WESTERN US;

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; NEVADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649792573     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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