Shear wave splitting and upper mantle deformation in French Polynesia: Evidence for small-scale heterogeneity related to the Society hotspot

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 15089-15107

  Russo, R M ^a,b   Okal, E A ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HOT SPOT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0032503912     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01075     Document Type: Article

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