Stress-induced upper crustal anisotropy in southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Zhaohui ^a   Sheehan, Anne ^a   Shearer, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BEDROCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; STRESS; SURFACE WAVE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951478232     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007655     Document Type: Article

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