Seismological evidence for the existence of anisotropic zone in the metastable wedge inside the subducting Izu-Bonin slab

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3305-3308

  Iidaka, Takashi ^a,c   Obara, Kazushige ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; CRACKS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

METASTABLE WEDGE; SUBDUCTING IZU-BONIN SLAB;

EARTHQUAKES;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTED SLAB;

JAPAN;

ANTI CRACKS; DEEP EARTHQUAKES; DEPTH RANGE; HIGH PRESSURE; METASTABLE OLIVINE; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SEISMIC ZONES; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0031392534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03277     Document Type: Article

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