Interpretation of seismic anisotropy in terms of mantle flow when melt is present

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kaminski, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

LATTICE PREDERRED ORIENTATION (LPO); MANTLE FLOW; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

GEOPHYSICS;

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 33644754850     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024454     Document Type: Article

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