Implications of grain size evolution on the seismic structure of the oceanic upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 178-189

  Behn, Mark D ^a   Hirth, Greg ^b   Elsenbeck II, James R ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

asthenosphere; grain size; oceanic upper mantle; seismic low velocity zone

Indexed keywords

ANELASTIC BEHAVIORS; ASTHENOSPHERE; DIFFUSION CREEPS; DISLOCATION CREEPS; DOMINANT DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; EVOLUTION MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; MELT EXTRACTIONS; MODELING STUDIES; OCEANIC UPPER MANTLE; QUALITY FACTOR; SEA FLOORS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPIES; SEISMIC LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC STRUCTURES; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITIES; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CREEPS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; CREEP; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRATES; HYDROGEN; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OLIVINE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE DIFFUSION; SURFACE WAVES; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER WAVES;

GRAIN GROWTH;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CHANNEL FLOW; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; GRAIN SIZE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 67349204853     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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