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Daley et al. 1988
Daley, T.M., McEvilly, T.V. and Majer, E.L. (1988). Multiply-polarized shear-wave VSPs from the Cajon Pass Drillhole. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL03183. issn: 0094-8276.

A 3-component VSP data set was acquired in the Cajon Pass Drillhole, with multiply-polarized shear-wave source and a conventional P-wave source, producing a 9-component data set. The VSP data show effects on the full wavefield from the sediment-granite interface. Mode-converted waves are identified, with significant scattering of S-wave energy from the leading P-wavefront. Hodographs are used to display S-wave particle motions in two dimensions. Shear-wave splitting is observed in the hodographs. The shear-wave particle motion is used to infer anisotropy orientation with respect to the local strike of the San Andreas fault. Stress-induced fracturing is assumed to be a possible cause of the shear-wave splitting. A variation of particle motion orientation with depth is observed, implying a variation in anisotropy orientation as a function of depth.

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Keywords
Seismology, Surface waves and free oscillations, Exploration Geophysics, Downhole methods, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America
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Geophysical Research Letters
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