Shear-wave splitting around the Eifel hotspot: Evidence for a mantle upwelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 962-980

  Walker, K T ^a,c   Bokelmann, G H R ^a,d   Klemperer, S L ^a   Bock, G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Eifel; Hotspots; Plumes; Shear wave splitting; Upwellings

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; HOT SPOT; MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; S-WAVE; UPWELLING; WAVE SPLITTING;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GREAT BASIN; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645083005     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000962     Document Type: Article

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