Subduction of oceanic asthenosphere: A critical appraisal in central Alaska

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 367, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-94

  Song, Teh Ru Alex ^a   Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alaska; Oceanic asthenosphere; Radial anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Sub slab seismic anisotropy; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; OCEANIC ASTHENOSPHERE; RADIAL ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875545546     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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