A review of large low shear velocity provinces and ultra low velocity zones

2018/04/30 by Allen K. McNamara, A. K. McNamara · 224 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geodesy #Geography #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Meteorology #Petrology #Seismology #Shear (geology) #Shear velocity #Shear zone #Tectonics #Turbulence #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2018.04.015

published in Tectonophysics 760, 199-220 (Elsevier BV)

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