Origin of seismic anisotropy in the D″ layer inferred from shear deformation experiments on post-perovskite phase

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 372-378

  Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Ohfuji, Hiroaki ^b   Ando, Jun ichi ^c   Yoneda, Akira ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anisotropy; D layer; lattice preferred orientation; post perovskite; shear deformation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITIES; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC WAVES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; INCLUSIONS; PEROVSKITE; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRYSTALLINITY; DEFORMATION; MAGNESIUM; PEROVSKITE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 33751210138     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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