Patterns in seismic anisotropy driven by rollback subduction beneath the High Lava Plains

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Druken, K A ^a   Long, M D ^b   Kincaid, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); OLIVINE; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BACK-ARC; FAST AXIS; FINITE STRAIN; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; INITIAL ORIENTATION; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE WEDGE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

SHEAR FLOW;

BACKARC BASIN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MANTLE; OLIVINE; ORIENTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRENCH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960270558     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047541     Document Type: Article

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