Using shear wave amplitude patterns to detect metastable olivine in subducted slabs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Pankow, Kris L ^a   Williams, Quentin ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep earthquakes; Mantle convection; Metastable olivine; Phase changes; Subducting slabs; Three dimensional wave propagation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; OLIVINE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037054705     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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