Fault-induced seismic anisotropy by hydration in subducting oceanic plates

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7216, 2008, Pages 1097-1100

  Faccenda, Manuele ^a   Burlini, Luigi ^a   Gerya, Taras V ^a   Mainprice, David ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIP; ELASTIC WAVE; FAULT PROPAGATION; HYDRATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HYDRATION; LITHOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 54549124681     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07376     Document Type: Article

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