Seismic anisotropy and lithospheric deformation of the plate-boundary zone in south island, new zealand: Inferences from local s-wave splitting

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-530

  Karalliyadda, S C ^a   Savage, M K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; High strain deformation zone; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DYNAMICS OF LITHOSPHERE AND MANTLES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ANISOTROPY; HIGH STRAIN DEFORMATION ZONES; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION;

LANDFORMS;

AZIMUTH; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE SPLITTING;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84876790652     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt022     Document Type: Article

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