Azimuthal anisotropy of the Pacific region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 53-71

  Maggi, Alessia ^a   Debayle, Eric ^a   Priestley, Keith ^b   Barruol, Guilhem ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

azimuthal anisotropy; lithosphere; Pacific; plumes; surface wave; tomography

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; HOT-SPOTS; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION MODEL; LITHOSPHERE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; HOT SPOT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33748891454     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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