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Fault-induced seismic anisotropy by hydration in subducting oceanic plates

Manuele Faccenda, L. Burlini, Taras Gerya, David Mainprice

Nature · 2008 · 314 citations · 51 references

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Long-wave elastic anisotropy produced by horizontal layering

George E. Backus · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1962 · 1.8K citations

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Seismic anisotropy and mantle deformation: What have we learned from shear wave splitting?

M. K. Savage · Reviews of Geophysics · 1999 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Bending-related faulting and mantle serpentinization at the Middle America trench

César R. Ranero, Jason Phipps Morgan, K. D. McIntosh et al. · Nature · 2003 · 995 citations

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An olivine fabric database: an overview of upper mantle fabrics and seismic anisotropy

Walid Ben Ismaı̈l, David Mainprice · Tectonophysics · 1998 · 593 citations

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Are the lower planes of double seismic zones caused by serpentine dehydration in subducting oceanic mantle?

Simon M. Peacock · Geology · 2001 · 562 citations

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