Measurements of the splitting or birefringence of seismic shear waves that have passed
through the Earth's mantle yield constraints on the strength and geometry of elastic …

Here, I present a new absolute plate motion model of the Earth's surface, determined from
the alignment of present‐day surface motions with 474 published shear wave (ie, SKS) …

We use a principal component analysis to characterize the finite-frequency sensitivity of
seismic observables to anisotropy. A general anisotropic medium may be described in terms …

The association of experimental data showing that the plastic deformation of olivine, the
main constituent of the upper mantle, is highly anisotropic and the ubiquitous seismic …

Upper mantle structures and flow related to the South Pacific Superswell and to the
associated short‐lived hotspots are investigated using seismic stations deployed in French …

Amplitudes of azimuthal seismic anisotropy below the Pacific plate are observed to
decrease with lithospheric age, whereas an increase is expected due to ongoing shearing …

In this thesis I address the topic of anisotropy-the directional dependence of physical
properties of rocks-from two complementary angles: I use seismic anisotropy to detect …

In this dissertation I have developed a method to quantify the stretching and orientation of
infinitesimal strain ellipsoids in three-dimensional, incompressible, and unsteady flow fields …

The earth's crust and upper mantle have been continually modified by tectonic processes
such as rifting, earthquake activity. In this dissertation, shear wave splitting and receiver …