Structure and anisotropy of the Mexico subduction zone based on Rayleigh-wave analysis and implications for the geometry of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Stubailo, I ^a   Beghein, C ^a   Davis, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; AZIMUTH; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ISLAND ARC; LITHOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOROIDAL FIELD; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC BELT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 84861171469     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008631     Document Type: Article

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