Seismic anisotropy in the mantle transition zone induced by shear deformation of wadsleyite

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 216, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-98

  Kawazoe, Takaaki ^a,b   Ohuchi, Tomohiro ^a   Nishihara, Yu ^a   Nishiyama, Norimasa ^a,c   Fujino, Kiyoshi ^a   Irifune, Tetsuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallographic preferred orientation; Deformation; Mantle transition zone; Seismic anisotropy; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; EARTH'S MANTLE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE MINERALS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; S-WAVES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR DIRECTION; SHEAR PLANE; VELOCITY CONTRASTS; WADSLEYITE;

DEFORMATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; P-T CONDITIONS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 84874300243     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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