Investigation of seismic anisotropy beneath the Dead Sea fault using dense networks of broadband stations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3476-3491

  Kaviani, Ayoub ^a   Hofstetter, Rami ^b   Rümpker, Georg ^a   Weber, Michael ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Dead Sea Transform Fault; Lithosphere; Seismic Anisotropy; Upper Mantle

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; AZIMUTH; BODY WAVE; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; OROGENY; PETROFABRIC; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL;

EID: 84882799521     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50250     Document Type: Article

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