Anisotropic seismic properties of the upper mantle beneath the Torre Alfina area (Northern Apennines, Central Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 11-30

  Pera, Emanuela ^a   Mainprice, David ^b   Burlini, Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Seismic properties; Subduction; Upper mantle; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

MOHO; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 0041972295     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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