Seismic velocities, anisotropy, and shear-wave splitting of antigorite serpentinites and tectonic implications for subduction zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1015-1037

  Ji, Shaocheng ^a   Li, Awei ^b   Wang, Qian ^c   Long, Changxing ^b   Wang, Hongcai ^b   Marcotte, Denis ^a   Salisbury, Matthew ^d  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antigorite; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic velocities; Serpentinite; Shear wave splitting; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

ANTIGORITE; DISLOCATION; LIZARDITE; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 84876889522     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50110     Document Type: Article

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