Stratification of anisotropy in the Pacific upper mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Smith, Daniel B ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a   Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Azimuthal anisotropy; Pacific; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14344262648     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003200     Document Type: Article

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