Mapping seismic anisotropy using harmonic decomposition of receiver functions: An application to Northern Apennines, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Bianchi, I ^a   Park, J ^b   Piana Agostinetti, N ^a   Levin, V ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FOCAL MECHANISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MAPPING; MICROPLATE; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; STACKING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 78650484921     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007061     Document Type: Article

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