Evidence for ancient lithospheric deformation in the East European Craton based on mantle seismic anisotropy and crustal magnetics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 481, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 16-28

  Wüstefeld, Andreas ^a   Bokelmann, Götz ^a   Barruol, Guilhem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Asthenosphere; Craton; East Europe; Lithosphere; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTIONS; ASTHENOSPHERE; ASTHENOSPHERIC FLOW; CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST-EUROPEAN CRATON; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC FEATURES; MAGNETIC FIELD ALIGNMENT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TECTONIC EVENTS; UPPER MANTLE; VERTICALLY COHERENT DEFORMATION; WEAK CORRELATION;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRATON; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EAST EUROPEAN CRATON; EURASIA;

EID: 72149092939     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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