Shear velocity structure of the Mariana mantle wedge from Rayleigh wave phase velocities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Pyle, Moira L ^a,b   Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Weeraratne, Dayanthie S ^c   Shore, Patrick J ^a   Shiobara, Hajime ^d   Sugioka, Hiroko ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SPREADING CENTER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE SPLITTING;

BRAZIL; MARIANA; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 78249235055     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006976     Document Type: Article

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