Grain-size-sensitive seismic wave attenuation in polycrystalline olivine

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Jackson, Ian ^a   Fitz Gerald, John D ^a   Faul, Ulrich H ^a   Tan, Ben H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anelasticity; Grain boundary sliding; Olivine; Seismic wave attenuation; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 17944383946     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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