Statistical properties of seismic anisotropy predicted by upper mantle geodynamic models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Becker, Thorsten W ^a   Chevrot, Sebastien ^b   Schulte Pelkum, Vera ^c   Blackman, Donna K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c CIRES ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; GEODYNAMICS; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; P-WAVE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33750724562     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004095     Document Type: Article

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