Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Seychelles microcontinent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Hammond, J O S ^a   Kendall, J M ^a,b   Rumpker G ^c,d   Wookey, J ^a,b   Teanby, N ^a,e   Joseph, P ^f   Ryberg, T ^c   Stuart, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Seychelles National Oil Company   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 30144431588     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003757     Document Type: Article

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