The shear wave splitting of Central Tien Shan and its implications

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1399-1408

  Jiang, Li Jun ^a,b   Li, Yong Hua ^c   Wu, Qing Ju ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Central Tien Shan; Delay times; Shear wave splitting; Split parameters

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTH; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE;

KAZAKHSTAN; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 78650156755     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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