Shear-wave splitting, lithospheric anisotropy, and mantle deformation beneath the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone in Iran

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 371-378

  Kaviani, Ayoub ^a,b,c   Hatzfeld, Denis ^c   Paul, Anne ^c   Tatar, Mohammad ^b   Priestley, Keith ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anisotropy; deformation; Iran; shear wave splitting; upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS; ASTHENOSPHERIC FLOW; COLLISION ZONE; EASTERN ANATOLIA; EURASIA; HOT SPOT; IRAN; LATERAL SHEAR; LENGTH SCALE; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MANTLE DEFORMATION; MAXIMUM SHEARS; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OLIVINE FABRIC; PURE SHEAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING; SIMPLE MODEL; SYNTHETIC MODELS; TIME LAG; UPPER MANTLE; VERTICAL STRAIN;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; OLIVINE; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TOOLS;

SHEAR WAVES;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; GPS; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; KOPET-DAGH BASIN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 70349178887     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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