Systematic variation in anisotropy beneath the mantle wedge in the Java-Sumatra subduction system from shear-wave splitting

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 189-201

  Hammond, J O S ^a,b   Wookey, J ^a,c   Kaneshima, S ^b   Inoue, H ^d   Yamashina, T ^d   Harjadi, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Klimatologi dan Geofisika   (Indonesia)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indonesia; S wave splitting; Seismic anisotropy; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND STATION; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EURASIAN PLATES; FLOW DIRECTION; GRID SEARCH; HYBRID MODELLING; INDIAN PLATE; INDONESIA; LAG TIME; MANTLE WEDGE; PLATE MOTIONS; RAY-TRACE; RELATIVE STRENGTH; S-WAVE SPLITTING; S-WAVES; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SLAB GEOMETRY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUMATRA; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TELESEISMIC; TIME LAG; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; OLIVINE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SHEAR FLOW;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEOMETRY; INDIAN PLATE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 74849128506     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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