Green's functions for geophysics: a review

E Pan - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The Green's function (GF) method, which makes use of GFs, is an important and elegant tool
for solving a given boundary-value problem for the differential equation from a real …

A review of mechanisms generating seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle

LN Hansen, M Faccenda, JM Warren - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seismic anisotropy is a key observational tool for map** flow in Earth's upper mantle.
However, interpreting patterns of anisotropy relies on a firm understanding of the …

Relationships between olivine CPO and deformation parameters in naturally deformed rocks and implications for mantle seismic anisotropy

RE Bernard, WM Behr, TW Becker… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze peridotites from a wide range of tectonic settings to investigate relationships
between olivine crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) and deformation conditions in …

Bridging the gap between experimental and natural fabrics: Modeling ice stream fabric evolution and its comparison with ice‐core data

DH Richards, SS Pegler, S Piazolo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrics, also known as textures or crystallographic preferred orientations, reveal information
about the deformation history of the flow of polycrystalline materials, including glacial ice …

Inferring upper-mantle flow from seismic anisotropy: An experimental perspective

P Skemer, LN Hansen - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Patterns of mantle flow are most directly inferred from observations of seismic anisotropy,
which is mainly caused by the crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of olivine, the …

The down-stress transition from cluster to cone fabrics in experimentally deformed ice

C Qi, DL Goldsby, DJ Prior - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
During plastic deformation of polycrystalline ice 1h, ice crystals become crystallographically
aligned due to dislocation glide, primarily on the basal slip system. Such crystallographic …

Dynamic recrystallization during deformation of polycrystalline ice: insights from numerical simulations

MG Llorens, A Griera, F Steinbach… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The flow of glaciers and polar ice sheets is controlled by the highly anisotropic rheology of
ice crystals that have hexagonal symmetry (ice lh). To improve our knowledge of ice sheet …

The seismic structure of the Antarctic upper mantle

DA Wiens, W Shen, AJ Lloyd - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The deployment of seismic stations and the development of ambient noise tomography as
well as new analysis methods provide an opportunity for higher-resolution imaging of …

Grain size assisted thermal runaway as a nucleation mechanism for continental mantle earthquakes: Impact of complex rheologies

M Thielmann - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal runaway has been proposed as a potential mechanism to initiate intermediate-
depth earthquakes as well as lithospheric-scale shear zones at depths of 50–300 km where …

A geodynamic investigation of plume‐lithosphere interactions beneath the East African rift

TA Rajaonarison, DS Stamps, J Naliboff… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The force balance that drives and maintains continental rifting to breakup is poorly
understood. The East African Rift (EAR) provides an ideal natural laboratory to elucidate the …