Pronounced zonation of seismic anisotropy in the Western Hellenic subduction zone and its geodynamic significance

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 391, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-109

  Olive, Jean Arthur ^a   Pearce, Frederick ^b   Rondenay, Stéphane ^c   Behn, Mark D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aegean; Mantle flow; Seismic anisotropy; Serpentine; Slab rollback; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN; MANTLE FLOW; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB ROLLBACK; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

ANISOTROPY; SERPENTINE; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

PARALLEL FLOW;

BODY WAVE; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SERPENTINE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

AEGEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84893770514     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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