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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 190, 期 3-4, 页码 167-180出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00380-6
关键词
core-mantle boundary; anisotropy; S-waves; lower mantle
We utilized recordings of seismic shear phases provided by several North American broadband seismometer arrays to provide unique constraints on shear wave anisotropy beneath the northern and central Pacific Ocean. Using a new analysis method that reduces measurement errors and enables the analysis of a larger number of available waveforms, we examined relative travel times of teleseismic S and Sdiff that sample a large area of lowermost mantle structure. The results of this study provide evidence for small-scale lateral and depth variations in shear wave anisotropy for a broad region of the lowermost mantle beneath the Pacific Ocean. In particular, we image a localized zone of anomalously strong anisotropy whose strength increases toward the top of D beneath Hawaii. Our results, combined with a previous study of V-P/V-SH ratios, indicate that ancient subducted slab material may be responsible for observations beneath the northern Pacific, while tenses or layers of core-mantle boundary reaction products or partial melt, oriented by horizontal inflow of mantle material to the Hawaiian plume source, can explain observations beneath the central Pacific. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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