Width of mantle deformation across a continental transform: Evidence from upper mantle (Pn) seismic anisotropy measurements

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 741-744

  Baldock, Guy ^a   Stern, Tim ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental transform; Dynamic recrystallization; Finite strain; Mantle deformation; Pn wave anisotropy; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL TRANSFORM; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; FINITE STRAIN; MANTLE DEFORMATION; SHEAR ZONE; DEFORMING ZONE; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND;

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEFORMATION; EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; FAULTING; SHEAR FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS; DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSFORM FAULT; UPPER MANTLE;

ALPINE FAULT ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 24644433403     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21605.1     Document Type: Article

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