High-resolution imaging of the deep anisotropic structure of the San Andreas Fault system beneath southern California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 418-446

  Monteiller, Vadim ^a   Chevrot, Sébastien ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Rheology: crust and lithosphere; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; APPLIED FORCES; BASAL TRACTIONS; BROAD BANDS; CALIFORNIA; DATA SETS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; FINITE-FREQUENCY EFFECTS; FRESNEL ZONES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC PLATE BOUNDARIES; LOW LEVEL; OLIVINE CRYSTALS; PLATE BOUNDARY GEOMETRY; RESOLUTION TESTS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE; SKS WAVE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPLITTING MEASUREMENTS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TRANSFORM FAULT; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OLIVINE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

TECTONICS;

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GEODETIC NETWORK; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960362530     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05082.x     Document Type: Article

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