Mantle Flow at a Slab Edge: Seismic Anisotropy in the Kamchatka Region

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Peyton V., Levin V., Park J., Brandon M., Lees J., Gordeev E., Ozerov A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: 37.31.19 Сейсмология; Kamchatka Peninsula; Pacific; Aleutian Island; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://repo.kscnet.ru/3460/; http://repo.kscnet.ru/3460/1/my_2001_f_grl.pdf

The junction of the Aleutian Island and the Kamchatka peninsula defines a sharp turn in the boundary of the Pacific and North American plates, terminating the subduction zones of the northwest Pacific. The regional pattern of shear‐wave birefringence near the junction indicates that trench‐parallel...