Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Aegean inferred from SKS splitting observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Evangelidis, C P ^a   Liang, W T ^b,c   Melis, N S ^a   Konstantinou, K I ^d  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVE SPLITTING;

CRETE; CYCLADAS; GREECE; HELLENIC ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; TURKEY;

EID: 79955586471     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007884     Document Type: Article

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