Seismic anisotropy in South Island, New Zealand

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 175, Issue , 2007, Pages 95-114

  Savage, Martha Kane ^a   Duclos, Mathieu ^b   Marson Pidgeon, Katrina ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Spectraseis   (Switzerland)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85040114187     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/175GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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