Forward modeling of the development of seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Tommasi, Andréa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; OCEAN BASIN; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031727262     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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