Mantle wedge anisotropy in the Hikurangi subduction zone, central North Island, New Zealand

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Morley, A M ^a   Stuart, Graham W ^a   Kendall, J M ^b   Reyners, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

HIKURANGI SUBDUCTION ZONE; MANTLE WEDGE ANISOTROPY; MARTIAN CRUST;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 33646357496     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024569     Document Type: Article

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