Geodynamic significance of seismic anisotropy of the upper mantle: New insights from laboratory studies

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 59-95

  Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a   Jung, Haemyeong ^b   Katayama, Ikuo ^c   Skemer, Philip ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lattice preferred orientation; Olivine; Partial melting; Seismic anisotropy; Water

Indexed keywords

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; ACTIVE REGION (AR); ANISOTROPIC MINERALS; DEFORMATION GEOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; HIGH PRESSURE (HP); LABORATO RY STUDIES; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION (LPO); LOW STRESS; MAIN EFFECTS; NEW RESULTS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERES; PARTIAL MELTING; ROLE OF WATER; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FABRICS; GARNETS; GEOPHYSICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALS; OLIVINE; PRESSURE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; LABORATORY METHOD; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MELTING; OLIVINE; PLUME; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS; UPPER MANTLE; WATER;

EID: 43549112027     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124120     Document Type: Article

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