Shear velocity of olivine Data from Kumazawa & Anderson [1969] Seismic Anisotropy
Anisotropy of Polycrystaline Rocks Twin Sisters Dunite Babuska, 1972
Velocity Anisotropy - Twin Sisters Dunite Babuska, 1972 B - axesC - axes A - axesP velocities
Lattice Preferred Orientation - Relationship of anisotropy and strain Mainprice & Silver [1993]
Different Slip Systems Jung et al., 2006
Radial Anisotropy (Transverse Isotropy) Hexagonal symmetry with a vertical axis Vertical and horizontal propagating waves have different velocities Same velocity for all horizontal directions Studied using difference between Love (SH) and Rayleigh (SV) waves Ekstrom & Dziewonski, 1998
Azimuthal Anisotropy: Pn anisotropy in oceanic lithosphere
Shear Wave Splitting
Smith et al., [2001] Seismic and Geochemical Evidence for Mantle Flow - Lau Helium isotope anomalies Shear wave splitting Mantle flow diagram After Turner and Hawkesworth, 1998
Mariana Arc Shear Wave Splitting Rose Diagrams - plotted at station for sources in upper 250 km Spatial Averaging - for paths in the upper 250 km Pozgay et al. [2007]