Shear-wave polarization anisotropy and subduction-induced flow in the mantle wedge of northeastern Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 365-377

  Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle wedge; Northeastern Japan; Olivine; Shear wave polarization anisotropy; Subduction induced flow

Indexed keywords

JAPAN; PLATE MOTION; SHEAR-WAVE POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVES;

EARTHQUAKES;

OLIVINE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 10044241690     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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