Subduction Factory 5: Unusually low Poisson's ratios in subduction zones from elastic anisotropy of peridotite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hacker, Bradley R ^a   Abers, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTY; PERIDOTITE; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84862563428     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009187     Document Type: Article

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