Subduction zone anisotropy beneath Corvallis, Oregon: A serpentinite skid mark of trench-parallel terrane migration?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Park, Jeffrey ^a   Yuan, Huaiyu ^a,b   Levin, Vadim ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cascadia; Subduction

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CORVALLIS; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844276578     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002718     Document Type: Article

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