Two anisotropic layers in central orogenic belt of North China Craton

Tectonophysics

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 138-148

  Bai, Ling ^a   Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a   Morita, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

North China Craton; Shear wave splitting; Two layers of anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS; ANISOTROPIC LAYERS; BOTTOM LAYERS; LAYER MODEL; LOCAL SURFACES; NORTH CHINA CRATON; OROGENIC BELTS; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TELESEISMIC; TWO LAYERS; UPPER MANTLE;

ANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; ASTHENOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; STRAIN RATE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78650075543     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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