Sub-slab seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the Caribbean and Scotia subduction zones: Effects of slab morphology and kinematics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 367-378

  Lynner, Colton ^a   Long, Maureen D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic anisotropy; Source side shear wave splitting; Sub slab mantle flow

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

ACCURATE CORRECTION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE FLOW; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPLITTING PATTERNS; SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 84872305113     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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