Seismic anisotropy around subduction zones: Insights from three-dimensional modeling of upper mantle deformation and SKS splitting calculations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 243-262

  Faccenda, M ^a   Capitanio, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

numerical modeling; seismic anisotropy; SKS splitting; strain induce LPO; subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TECTONICS;

COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; PURE SHEAR DEFORMATIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SKS SPLITTING; STRAIN-INDUCE LPO; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BACKARC BASIN; BODY WAVE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; STRAIN RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 84875504670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20055     Document Type: Article

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