Savani: A variable resolution whole-mantle model of anisotropic shear velocity variations based on multiple data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3006-3034

  Auer, L ^a   Boschi, L ^b,c   Becker, T W ^d   Nissen Meyer, T ^e   Giardini, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anisotropy; mantle; tomography

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; LOWER MANTLE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84901045176     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010773     Document Type: Article

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