Seismic anisotropy of the uppermost mantle beneath the Rio Grande rift: Evidence from Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths, New Mexico

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 172-181

  Satsukawa, Takako ^a,b   Michibayashi, Katsuyoshi ^a   Anthony, Elizabeth Y ^c   Stern, Robert J ^d   Gao, Stephen S ^e   Liu, Kelly H ^e  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO); Kilbourne Hole maar; Mantle flow; Peridotite xenolith; Rio Grande rift; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; KILBOURNE HOLE MAAR; MANTLE FLOW; PERIDOTITE XENOLITH; RIO GRANDE RIFT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; CRACKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LEVEES; OLIVINE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

LITHOLOGY;

CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DUNITE; FOLIATION; GEODYNAMICS; HARZBURGITE; LHERZOLITE; MAAR; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; PETROFABRIC; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SPINEL; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING; XENOLITH;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155148231     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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