Possible mode conversion between Love and Rayleigh waves at a continental margin
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Global anisotropic phase velocity maps for higher mode Love and Rayleigh waves
S U M M A R Y It is well established that the Earth’s uppermost mantle is anisotropic, but there are no clear observations of anisotropy in the deeper parts of the mantle. Surface waves are well suited to observe anisotropy since they carry information about both radial and azimuthal anisotropy. Fundamental mode surface waves, for commonly used periods up to 200 s, are sensitive to structure in...
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S U M M A R Y We thank Stuart Crampin for his interest in our recent paper but respectfully disagree when he argues that our measurements are not appropriate for inferring mantle anisotropy. The approximations we made are common and perfectly acceptable for the considered frequency band. The comment ignores a large part of the literature which investigated this. We will discuss the validity of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Journal International
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0956-540X,1365-246X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1978.tb06759.x