Variable azimuthal anisotropy in earth's lowermost mantle

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5694, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Garnero, Edward J ^a   Maupin, Valérie ^b   Lay, Thorne ^c   Fouch, Matthew J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MINERAL PHASES; POLARITY;

SHEAR WAVES;

MINERAL;

LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 5044226099     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1103411     Document Type: Article

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