Obliquity between seismic and electrical anisotropies as a potential indicator of movement sense for ductile shear zones in the upper mantle

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1033-1036

  Ji, Shaocheng ^a   Rondenay, Stephane ^b   Mareschal, Marianne ^b   Senechal, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS;

DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; SHAPE PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; TELESEISMIC SHEAR WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; DUCTILE SHEAR; KINEMATIC INDICATOR; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; MANTLE (UPPER); OBLIQUITY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; ONTARIO;

EID: 0030434397     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1033:OBSAEA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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