Seismic anisotropy and mantle creep in young orogens

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Meissner, Rolf ^a,b   Mooney, Walter D ^b   Artemieva, Irina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Coupling; Creep; Rheology; Tectonic escape

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0036236755     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01628.x     Document Type: Article

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