Upper mantle seismic anisotropy beneath Antarctica and the Scotia Sea region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-122

  Muller C ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Asthenospheric mantle flow; Gondwana break up; Lithospheric deformation; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 0034768655     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2001.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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