Complex mantle flow in the Mariana subduction system: Evidence from shear wave splitting

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 371-386

  Pozgay, S H ^a   Wiens, D A ^a   Conder, J A ^a   Shiobara, H ^b   Sugioka, H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mariana Islands; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE; WAVE SPLITTING;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34447272711     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03433.x     Document Type: Article

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