Regional variation in shear-wave polarization anisotropy of the crust in southwest Japan as estimated by splitting analysis of Ps-converted waves on receiver functions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Nagaya, Mamoru ^a   Oda, Hitoshi ^a   Kamimoto, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crust; Ps converted wave; Receiver function; Shear wave polarization anisotropy; Shear wave splitting analysis; Southwest Japan

Indexed keywords

CRUST; POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY; PS-CONVERTED WAVE; RECEIVER FUNCTION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SOUTHWEST JAPAN;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKES; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COMPRESSION; DATA INTERPRETATION; LINEAMENT; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; RIFT ZONE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRESS FIELD; UPPER CRUST; WAVE SPLITTING;

CHUGOKU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; KYUSHU; SETO INLAND SEA; SHIKOKU;

EID: 79959691900     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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