Seismic anisotropy in the lowermost mantle beneath the Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1229-1232

  Ritsema, Jeroen ^a,e   Lay, Thorne ^b   Garnero, Edward J ^c   Benz, Harley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

DATA YIELDS; LOWERMOST MANTLE; NORTH-EASTERN PACIFIC; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR VELOCITIES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY;

SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS;

SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0032522059     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00913     Document Type: Article

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