Teleseismic imaging of subaxial flow at mid-ocean ridges: Traveltime effects of anisotropic mineral texture in the mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 415-426

  Blackman, Donna K ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^b,e   Dawson, Paul R ^c   Wenk, H Rudolgh ^d   Boyce, Donald ^c   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Body waves; Mid ocean ridge; Ray tracing; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BODY WAVE; MANTLE (UPPER); MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MINERAL TEXTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SUBAXIAL FLOW; TEXTURE;

EID: 0030430888     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04730.x     Document Type: Article

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