Seismic anisotropy of the shallow crust in the Umbria-Marche (Italy) region

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 34-46

  De Lorenzo, Salvatore ^a   Trabace, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anelastic poro elasticity theory; Extensive dilatance anisotropy; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANELASTIC-PORO-ELASTICITY THEORY; ANISOTROPIC LAYERS; ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; CRACK DENSITY; CRACK SYSTEMS; CRITICAL ANGLES; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; DEPTH DEPENDENCE; DIAGONALIZATIONS; EXTENSIVE DILATANCE ANISOTROPY; FAST AXIS; FAULT SYSTEM; FLUID-FILLED; S-WAVES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHALLOW CRUST; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SMALL-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYMMETRY AXES; SYMMETRY AXIS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

COALESCENCE; COVARIANCE MATRIX; CRACKS; ELASTICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

ANISOTROPY;

ANELASTICITY; COALESCENCE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; POROELASTICITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

APENNINES; ITALY; MARCHE; UMBRIA;

EID: 80054873264     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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