Evidence of seismic anisotropy and a lower temperature condition in the D″ layer beneath Pacific Antarctic Ridge in the Antarctic Ocean

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Usui, Yusuke ^a   Hiramatsu, Yoshihiro ^a   Furumoto, Muneyoshi ^b   Kanao, Masaki ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; D layer; Discontinuity; Geomagnetic field; Paleo subduction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMAGNETISM; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIFFERENTIAL TRAVEL TIME ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 44349124456     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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