Constraints on upper mantle anisotropy surrounding the Cocos slab from SK(K)S splitting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Abt, David L ^a,b   Fischer, Karen M ^a   Abers, Geoffrey A ^c   Protti, Marino ^d   González, Victor ^d   Strauch, Wilfried ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; BODY WAVE; COCOS PLATE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVE SPLITTING;

COSTA RICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77954380450     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006710     Document Type: Article

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