Seismic anisotropy in the Morcles nappe shear zone: Implications for seismic imaging of crustal scale shear zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 603, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-178

  Almqvist, Bjarne S G ^a   Hirt, Ann M ^a   Herwegh, Marco ^b   Ebert, Andreas ^c   Walter, Jens M ^d   Leiss, Bernd ^d   Burlini, Luigi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Geo Explorers International Ltd   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate mylonites; Metamorphic gradient; Microstructure; Second phases; Seismic anisotropy; Texture

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL-SCALE SHEAR ZONES; INTRINSIC PARAMETERS; MYLONITES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SECOND PHASES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TEXTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURES; TEXTURE MEASUREMENT;

ANISOTROPY; CALCITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

TEXTURES;

CALCITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; NAPPE; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84882236804     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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