The seismological signature of temperature and grain size variations in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-134

  Faul, Ulrich H ^a   Jackson, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Lithosphere; Low velocity zone; Olivine; Shear velocity

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMS; MANTLE; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; SEISMOLOGICAL MODELS;

ATTENUATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SHEAR WAVES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

GRAIN SIZE; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 18444385672     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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