Comparing crustal and mantle fabric from the North American craton using magnetics and seismic anisotropy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 355-364

  Bokelmann, Götz H R ^a   Wüstefeld, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fabrics; lithosphere; magnetics; seismic anisotropy; shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FORMATIONS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; EXTRACTING INFORMATIONS; FABRIC ORIENTATIONS; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETIC DATUMS; MAGNETICS; MANTLE DEFORMATIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FABRICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATON; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIZATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149295960     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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