The seismic structure and dynamics of the mantle wedge

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 421-455

  Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Conder, James A ^a   Faul, Ulrich H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Island arc volcanism; Mantle flow; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ARC VOLCANISM; ATTENUATION ,; COMPLEX PATTERNING; GEODYNAMIC MODELING; LOW VELOCITIES; LOW VISCOSITY; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE WEDGE; ROCK PHYSICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC STRUCTURES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOPHYSICS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SPEED;

SEISMOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; BATHYMETRY; GEODYNAMICS; IMAGING METHOD; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE; MODELING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 45849142526     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122633     Document Type: Article

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