Radial seismic anisotropy as a constraint for upper mantle rheology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 213-227

  Becker, Thorsten W ^a   Kustowski, Bogdan ^b   Ekström, Göran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

continental formation; mantle convection; mantle rheology; radial anisotropy; seismic anisotropy; volatiles

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FORMATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; RADIAL ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; DISLOCATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 39549119779     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.038     Document Type: Article

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