Organized melt, seismic anisotropy, and plate boundary lubrication

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Holtzman, Benjamin K ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^b  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mantle rheology; melt migration; plate boundary dynamics; seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GEODYNAMICS; LABORATORIES; LUBRICATION; OLIVINE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RAYLEIGH WAVES; RHEOLOGY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPY PATTERNS; BODY WAVES; COMPOSITE MODELS; DIP ANGLE; EAST PACIFIC RISE; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; GEODYNAMIC SETTING; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; LENGTH SCALE; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LOVE WAVE; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; MANTLE ROCKS; MELT MIGRATION; MELT SEGREGATION; MELT STRUCTURES; OLIVINE FABRIC; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RAYLEIGH WAVE VELOCITY; SEGREGATED MELTS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TRAVELING WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY VALUE;

SHEAR FLOW;

GEODYNAMICS; LOVE WAVE; MANTLE SOURCE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 79251556553     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003296     Document Type: Article

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