Elasticity of antigorite, seismic detection of serpentinites, and anisotropy in subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 198-208

  Bezacier, Lucile ^a   Reynard, Bruno ^a   Bass, Jay D ^b   Sanchez Valle, Carmen ^b,c   Van de Moortèle, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anisotropy; antigorite; elasticity; serpentine; shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ANTIGORITE; BRILLOUIN SPECTROSCOPY; CRUSTAL ROCKS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON BACKSCATTERING DIFFRACTION; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LOW VELOCITIES; MANTLE WEDGE; MODERATELY THICK; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DETECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPLITTINGS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

ANISOTROPY; COPPER NICKEL ORE TREATMENT; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; KAOLINITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

SERPENTINE;

ANTIGORITE; DEFORMATION; DIFFRACTION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FOLIATION; LATTICE DYNAMICS; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SERPENTINIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 72949109957     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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