LPO predicted seismic anisotropy beneath a simple model of a mid-ocean ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Nippress, S E J ^a   Kusznir, N J ^a   Kendall, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVES;

GEODYNAMICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DETECTION METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 34548577295     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029040     Document Type: Article

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