Nowacki, Andy.

Plate deformation from cradle to grave : seismic anisotropy and deformation at mid-ocean ridges and in the lowermost mantle / Andy Nowacki. - Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2013. - xvi, 166 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; - Springer theses, .

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Bristol, United Kingdom."

Includes bibliographical references.

Seismic anisotropy and deformation in the lowermost mantle -- Mantle anisotropy beneath the earth's mid-ocean ridges -- Deformation of the lowermost mantle from seismic anisotropy -- Predicting lowermost mantle anisotropy using models of mantle flow.

9783642348419 (alk. paper) 3642348416 (alk. paper)


Geology, Structural.
Rock deformation.
Mid-ocean ridges.
Core-mantle boundary.
Plate tectonics.
Seismic waves.
Geophysics.
Core-mantle boundary.
Geology, Structural.
Geophysics.
Mid-ocean ridges.
Plate tectonics.
Rock deformation.
Seismic waves.

551.136 / NOW.P