Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Cascadia subduction zone and western North America craton

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 341-353

  Currie, Claire A ^a,b   Cassidy, John F ^a,b   Hyndman, Roy D ^a,b   Bostock, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cascadia subduction zone; Mantle deformation; Mantle flow; Shear wave splitting; SKS

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MANTLE; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1942424814     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02175.x     Document Type: Article

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