Eclogite as a seismic marker in subduction channels: Seismic velocities, anisotropy, and petrofabric of cabo ortegal eclogite tectonites (Spain)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 439-456

  Abalos B ^a   Fountain, D M ^b   Gil Ibarguchi, J I ^a   Puelles, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b National Science Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONFINING PRESSURES; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION CHANNELS; TECTONIC FABRICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ECLOGITE; LITHOLOGY; PETROFABRIC; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

CABO ORTEGAL; GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 79951473748     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30226.1     Document Type: Article

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