Arc-parallel shear deformation and escape flow in the mantle wedge of the Central America subduction zone: Evidence from P wave anisotropy

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rabbel, W ^a   Koulakov, I ^b   Dinc, A N ^a,c   Jakovlev, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; escape flow; P wave anisotropy; seismic anisotropy; seismic tomography; subduction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; ESCAPE FLOW; P WAVE ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 79958102489     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003325     Document Type: Article

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