Imaging three-dimensional anisotropy with broadband seismometer arrays

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 2005, Pages 99-116

  Fischer, Karen M ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^a   Li, Aibing ^b   Hung, Shu Huei ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 85040257542     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/157GM07     Document Type: Chapter

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