Observation of low shear wave velocity at the base of the polar ice sheets: Evidence for enhanced anisotropy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 391-405

  Wittlinger, Gérard ^a   Farra, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Antarctica; Body waves; Glaciology; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BODY WAVES; BROAD BANDS; CONSTANT THICKNESS; CONVERTED WAVE; GLACIOLOGY; GREAT DEPTH; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE CORE; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE LAYERS; ICE SHEET; IN-SITU; LAYER THINNING; P-VELOCITY; POLAR ICE; POLAR ICE CAPS; POLAR ICE SHEETS; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; RADIO-ECHO SOUNDING; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC PARAMETERS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SHEAR-VELOCITY; STANDARD VALUES; STRONG ANISOTROPY; TWO-LAYER STRUCTURES; UPPER LAYER; VARIABLE THICKNESS; VELOCITY RATIO;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; CORE DRILLING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLACIERS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

ICE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACOUSTICS; BEDROCK; BODY WAVE; ECHO SOUNDING; GLACIOLOGY; ICE CRYSTAL; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; POLAR REGION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84862189453     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05474.x     Document Type: Article

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