The anisotropic and rheological structure of the oceanic upper mantle from a simpe model of plate shear

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Podolefsky, Noah S ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^a   McNamara, Allen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Dislocation creep; Plate shear; Rheology

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 3843065769     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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