Effect of anisotropy on oceanic upper mantle temperatures, structure, and dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 11943-11956

  Hearn, Elizabeth Harding ^a   Humpreys, Eugene D ^a   Chai, Mu ^b   Brown, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MANTLE (UPPER); OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE ; HEAT FLOW; ORTHOPYROXENE GON UPPER MANTLE ; ANISOTROPY; SIMPLE SHEAR;

EID: 0030723585     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00506     Document Type: Article

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