Lateral variations in lowermost mantle shear wave anisotropy beneath the north Pacific and Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 8121-8135

  Garnero, Edward J ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC, (NORTH); USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030864045     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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