Radially anisotropic structure beneath the Shikoku Basin from broadband surface wave analysis of ocean bottom seismometer records

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2878-2892

  Takeo, A ^a   Nishida, K ^a   Isse, T ^a   Kawakatsu, H ^a   Shiobara, H ^a   Sugioka, H ^b   Kanazawa, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

low velocity zone; noise correlation method; Philippine Sea; radial anisotropy; surface wave

Indexed keywords

LOVE WAVE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PARTIAL MELTING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; SHIKOKU;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84880843517     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50219     Document Type: Article

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