Evidence for anisotropy in the deep mantle beneath Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2417-2420

  Matzel, Eric ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^a,b   Grand, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKES; SHEAR WAVES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC WAVES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEEP MANTLES; ISOTROPIC MODELS; RECEIVER STATIONS; SENSITIVE MEASUREMENT; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MODEL; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL SYMMETRY AXIS;

SHEAR FLOW; EARTH SCIENCES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEEP MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; MANTLE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030236019     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02186     Document Type: Article

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