Azimuthal anisotropy from array analysis of Rayleigh waves in Southern California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1135-1151

  Alvizuri, Celso ^a   Tanimoto, Toshiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

High strain deformation zones; Seismic anisotropy; Surface waves and free oscillations; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ANALYSIS; ARRAY SIZES; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; BROAD BANDS; DEPTH SENSITIVITY; DIRECT DETECTION; HIGH STRAIN DEFORMATION; PACIFIC PLATES; PROPAGATION EFFECT; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATAS; SHEARING PROCESS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STANDARD ERRORS;

PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

ANISOTROPY;

AZIMUTH; DEFORMATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051784828     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05093.x     Document Type: Article

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