Upper mantle S-wave speed heterogeneity and anisotropy beneath the North Atlantic from regional surface wave tomography: The Iceland and Azores plumes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1057-1076

  Pilidou, S ^a   Priestley, K ^a   Gudmundsson, O ^b   Debayle, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Azimuthal anisotropy; Azores; Eifel; Iceland; Mantle plumes; Surface wave tomography

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10644261278     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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