Azimuthal anisotropy in the Chile ridge subduction region retrieved from ambient noise

Lithosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Gallego, A ^a   Panning, M P ^a   Russo, R M ^a   Comte, D ^b   Mocanu, V I ^c   Murdie, R E ^d   Vandecar, J C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d Gold Fields Australia   (Australia)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY;

AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; CHILE TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; RAYLEIGH WAVE GROUP VELOCITIES; STRESS AND DEFORMATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACTIVE MARGIN; AMBIENT NOISE; ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTH; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; SLAB; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIPLE JUNCTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ANDES; CHILE; LIQUINE-OFQUI FAULT ZONE; NAZCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84855587826     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L139.1     Document Type: Article

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