Seismic and mechanical anisotropy and the past and present deformation of the Australian lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 271-286

  Simons, Frederik J ^a   van der Hilst, Rob D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Australia; Deformation; Rheology; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038449104     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00198-5     Document Type: Article

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