Seismic anisotropy in the deep mantle, boundary layers and the geometry of mantle convection

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 565-587

  Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Deformation mechanism map; Lattice preferred orientation; Mantle convection; Seismic anisotropy; Shape preferred orientation; Superplasticity

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0031820177     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050130     Document Type: Article

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