Effect of trench-outer rise bending-related faulting on seismic Poisson's ratio and mantle anisotropy: A case study offshore of Southern Central Chile

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-156

  Contreras Reyes, Eduardo ^a   Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Flueh, Ernst R ^a   Scherwath, Martin ^a   Bialas, Joerg ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractures and faults; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

BENDING; FAULTING; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NAZCA PLATE; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41249098207     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03716.x     Document Type: Article

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