Development of mantle seismic anisotropy during subduction-induced 3-D flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Faccenda, M ^a,b   Capitanio, F A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR WAVES;

3D MODELS; COMPETING MECHANISMS; DELAY TIME; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; MANTLE FLOW; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TOROIDAL FLOW; WAVE COMPONENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FOREARC BASIN; MANTLE PROCESS; POLARIZATION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOROIDAL FIELD; TRENCH; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 84862190668     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051988     Document Type: Article

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