Fault-induced seismic anisotropy by hydration in subducting oceanic plates

By M. Faccenda, L. Burlini, Taras V. Gerya, David Mainprice. Nature, 2008

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Mantle dynamics and seismic anisotropy (2010, background): “, Russo and Silver, 1994; Long and Silver, 2008, 2009b) or due to serpentinized aligned cracks in the shallow slab (Faccenda et al., 2008).”
Subduction initiation at passive margins: Numerical modeling (2010, background): “continental crust over the oceanic one and related viscoplastic bending of the oceanic plate [Gerya and Yuen, 2007; Faccenda et al., 2008 ].”
Deep slab hydration induced by bending-related variations in tectonic pressure (2009, background): “, and for further clarifying the seismic anisotropy of slab”
Shear Wave Splitting and Mantle Anisotropy: Measurements, Interpretations, and New Directions (2009, background): “aligned hydrated faults in the slab (Faccenda et al. 2008), or some combination of these”