The depth distribution of mantle anisotropy beneath the Tonga subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 253-260

  Fischer, Karen M ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Mantle; S waves; Tonga Trench; Wave splitting

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; MANTLE; S WAVE; S-WAVES; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

PACIFIC, TONGA TRENCH;

EID: 0029811035     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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