An olivine fabric database: An overview of upper mantle fabrics and seismic anisotropy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-157

  Ismaïl, Walid Ben ^a   Mainprice, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lattice preferred orientation (LPO); Olivine deformation; Rock fabric; Seismic anisotropy; SKS waves

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; MANTLE SOURCE; OLIVINE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0032582894     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00141-3     Document Type: Article

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