Mid-mantle deformation inferred from seismic anisotropy

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6873, 2002, Pages 777-780

  Wookey, James ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^a   Barruol, Guilhem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES;

LITHOSPHERE;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

EID: 0037074992     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415777a     Document Type: Article

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