Crustal anisotropy in the forearc of the Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone, British Columbia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-176

  Balfour, N J ^a,b   Cassidy, J F ^a,b   Dosso, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

North America; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CRUSTAL ANISOTROPY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FLUID-FILLED; FOREARC; MAPPING TOOLS; NORTH AMERICA; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRESS INDICATORS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-PERIODS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKES; MONITORING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ANISOTROPY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84155162657     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05231.x     Document Type: Article

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