A large number of polycrystalline materials, both manmade and natural, display preferred
orientation of crystallites. Such alignment has a profound effect on anisotropy of physical …

4.1 Introduction 51 4.2 Elastic constants 52 4.3 Isothermal versus adiabatic elastic constants
55 4.4 Experimental techniques 57 4.5 Some general trends in elasticity: Birch's law 59 4.6 …

The core–mantle boundary (CMB)–the interface between the silicate mantle and liquid iron
alloy outer core–is the most important boundary inside our planet, with processes occurring …

An open question for solid-earth scientists is the amount of water in Earth's interior. The
uppermost mantle and lower mantle contain little water because their dominant minerals …

On Earth, oceanic plates subduct beneath a variety of overriding plate (OP) styles, from
relatively thin and negatively buoyant oceanic OPs to thick and neutrally/positively buoyant …

Seismic anisotropy provides key information to map the trajectories of mantle flow and
understand the evolution of our planet. While the presence of anisotropy in the uppermost …

Seismological detections of complex structures in the lowermost mantle boundary layer (the
D ″region) motivate a conceptual model of a compositionally stratified thermo-chemical …

We investigate seismic anisotropy in the lowermost mantle in the vicinity of the African large
low shear velocity province (LLSVP) using observations of differential SKS‐SKKS shear …

In many text books of fluid dynamics, and for most students, the word “fluid” refers to one of
the states of matter, either liquid or gaseous, in contrast to the solid state. This definition is …

Seismological observations reveal highly anisotropic patches at the bottom of the Earth's
lower mantle, whereas the bulk of the mantle has been observed to be largely isotropic …