Distinguishing between stress-induced and structural anisotropy at Mount Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Jessica H ^a,b   Savage, Martha K ^a   Townend, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROCRACK; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAPH; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVE SPLITTING;

MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84055176333     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008308     Document Type: Article

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