Shear wave splitting and waveform complexity for lowermost mantle structures with low-velocity lamellae and transverse isotropy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Moore, Melissa M ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^a   Lay, Thorne ^b   Williams, Quentin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lowermost mantle anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Waveform modeling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; S-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 2542491108     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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