Seismic anisotropy in the south western Pacific region from shear wave splitting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Király, Eszter ^a,b   Bianchi, Irene ^a   Bokelmann, Götz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR WAVES;

ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS; ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; DELAY TIME; POLARIZATION AXES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC STATION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPLITTING MEASUREMENTS; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; WESTERN PACIFIC;

TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; DATA SET; PLATE MOTION; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOROIDAL FIELD; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

NEW HEBRIDES TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84857981496     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050407     Document Type: Article

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