Seismic anisotropy of subducting oceanic uppermost mantle from fossil spreading

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-177

  Audet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INDUCED ALIGNMENT; MANTLE DEFORMATION; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SERPENTINE MINERALS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STRONG ANISOTROPY; UPPERMOST MANTLE;

ANISOTROPY; OLIVINE; SERPENTINE;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOREARC BASIN; OLIVINE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SERPENTINE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CHINA; COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NANKAI; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIANJIN;

EID: 84874898170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054328     Document Type: Article

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