Inferring upper-mantle flow from seismic anisotropy: an experimental perspective

P Skemer, LN Hansen - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Patterns of mantle flow are most directly inferred from observations of seismic anisotropy,
which is mainly caused by the crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of olivine, the …

[HTML][HTML] 南北构造带北段上地幔各向异性特征

常利军, 丁志峰, 王椿镛 - 地球物理学报, 2016 - html.rhhz.net
对布设在南北构造带北段的中国地震科学探测台阵项目二期674 个宽频带流动台站和鄂尔多斯
台阵21 个宽频带流动台站记录的远震XKS (SKS, SKKS 和PKS) 波形资料作偏振分析 …

Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the northern segment of the north-south tectonic belt in China

LJ CHANG, ZF DING, CY WANG - Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2016 - en.dzkx.org
The north-south tectonic belt (NSTB) is a north-south meridional tectonic boundary between
the eastern and western Chinese mainland with a very complex structure, showing …

Insights on slab-driven mantle flow from advances in three-dimensional modelling

MA Jadamec - Journal of Geodynamics, 2016 - Elsevier
The wealth of seismic observations collected over the past 20 years has raised intriguing
questions about the three-dimensional (3D) nature of the mantle flow field close to …

Central and eastern Anatolian crustal deformation rate and velocity fields derived from GPS and earthquake data

NM Simão, SS Nalbant, F Sunbul, AK Mutlu - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a new strain-rate and associated kinematic model for the eastern and central
parts of Turkey. In the east, a quasi NS compressional tectonic regime dominates the …

Dynamics of the opposite‐verging subduction zones in the Taiwan region: Insights from numerical models

SC Lin, BY Kuo - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The Taiwan mountain belt between the Eurasian and the Philippine Sea plate is a rare
example for an orogen bracketed by two opposite‐verging subduction zones. The influences …

Finite‐frequency wave propagation through outer rise fault zones and seismic measurements of upper mantle hydration

NC Miller, D Lizarralde - Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Effects of serpentine‐filled fault zones on seismic wave propagation in the upper
mantle at the outer rise of subduction zones are evaluated using acoustic wave propagation …

Anisotropy from SKS splitting across the Pacific-North America plate boundary offshore southern California

J Ramsay, MD Kohler, PM Davis… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
SKS arrivals from ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) data from an offshore southern
California deployment are analysed for shear wave splitting. The project involved 34 OBSs …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic anisotropy in subduction zones: numerical modeling and infinite strain axis calculations

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Seismic anisotropy in subduction zones: numerical modeling and infinite strain axis calculations
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Seismic anisotropy of the mantle beneath Eastern Asia based on ScS and S waves from deep-focus earthquakes

MN Luneva, VV Pupatenko - Russian Journal of Pacific Geology, 2016 - Springer
The seismic anisotropy of the mantle is studied based on the data of S and ScS waves from
earthquakes occurred in the mantle transition zone over the period of 2007–2013 and …