Stress, strain, and B-type olivine fabric in the fore-arc mantle: Sensitivity tests using high-resolution steady-state subduction zone models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kneller, E A ^a   van Keken, P E ^a   Katayama, Ikuo ^b   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34250688629     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004544     Document Type: Article

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