Source-side shear-wave splitting and upper-mantle flow beneath the Arakan slab, India-Asia-Sundalind triple junction

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-178

  Russo, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SLAB; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH; TRIPLE JUNCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

ARAKAN; HIMALAYAS; MYANMAR;

EID: 84862601794     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00534.1     Document Type: Article

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