Seismic Anisotropy Database Reference Page

1-26: Silver, PG, Seismic Anisotropy Beneath the Continents: Probing the
Depths of Geology, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet Sci., 24, 385-432, 1996.

1: Bormann, P., P. T. Burghardt, et al. (1993). “Teleseismic shear-wave splitting and deformations in Central Europe.”
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 78(3-4): 157-166.

2: Helffrich G, Silver PG, Given H., Shear wave splitting variations over short
spatial scales on continents, Geophys. J. Int. 119, 561-573, 1994.

3: Helffrich G, Lithospheric deforation inferred from teleseismic shear wave
splitting ovservations in the UK, J. Geophys. Res. 100, 18,195-18,204, 1995.

4: Silver, P. G. and W. W. Chan (1991). “Shear wave splitting and subcontinental mantle deformation.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 96: 16,429-16,454.

5: Vinnik LP, Makeyeva LI, Milev A, Usenko Y, Global Patterns of azimuth anisotropy and deformation
in the continental mantle, Geophys. J. Int., 111, 433-447, 1992.

6: Vinnik, L. P., V. G. Krishna, et al. (1994). “Shear wave splitting in the records of the German Regional
Seismic Network.” Geophysical Research Letters 21(6): 457-460.

7: Fouch MG, Fischer KM, Mantle anisotropy beneath northwest Pacific
subduction zones, J. Geophys. Res, 101, 15987-16002, 1996.

8: Gao S, Davis PM, Liu H, Slack PD, Zorin YA, et al, Seismic anisotropy and
mantle flow beneath the Baikal rift zone, Nature, 371, 149-151, 1994.

9: Barruol G, Souriau A, Anisotropy beneath the Pyrenees Range from
teleseismic shear wave splitting: results from a test experiment, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 22, 493-496, 1995.

10: McNamara DE, Owens TJ, Silver PG, Wu FT, Shear wave anisotropy beneathe
the Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13,655-13,665, 1994.

11: Makeyeva LI, Vinnik LP, Roecker SW, Shear-wave splitting and small-scale
convection in the continental upper mantle, Nature, 358, 144-147, 1992.

12: Bostock, M. G. and J. F. Cassidy (1995). “Variations in SKS splitting across western Canada.”
Geophysical Research Letters 22(1): 5-8.

13: Barruol, G., P. G. Silver, et al. (1997). “Seismic anisotropy in the eastern United States: Deep structure
of a complex continental plate.” Journal of Geophysical Research 102(4): 8329-8348.

14: Sandvol, E., Ni, J., Mapping seismic azimuthal anisotropy in the
United States from LRSM short period data, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 75 p481, 1994.
(Digitized analog data)

15: Silver PG, Kaneshima S, Constraints on mantle anisotropy beneath Precambrian
North America from a transportable teleseimic experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett, 20
1127-1130, 1993.

16: Ruppert S, Tectonics of western North America: a teleseismic view, PhD
Thesis, Stanford Univ., 216 pp., 1992.

17: Ozalaybey S, and Savage MK, Shear-wave splitting beneath western United States
in relation ot plate tectonics, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 18,135-18,149, 1995.

18: MJF WAVEFORMS

19: Savage MK, and Silver PG, Mantle deformation and tectonics: constraints from
seismic anisotropy in western United States, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 78, 208,
1993.

20: Sandvol, Ni J, Ozalaybey S, Schue J, Shea-wave splitting in the Rio Grande
Rift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 2337-2340, 1992.

21: James DE, Assumpcao M, Tectonic implications of S-wave anisotropy beneath
SE Brazil, Geophys. J. Int., 126, 1-10, 1996.

22: Russo R, Silver PG, Cordillera orogenesis, mantle dynamics, and the
Wilson Cycle, Geology, 24, 511-514, 1996.

23: Kaneshima S, and Silver PG, Anisotropic Loci in the Mantle beneath central Peru,
Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 88, 257-272, 1995.

24: Margheriti, L. (1998). “SKS-wave splitting and upper mantle structure: results in the Southern Apennines.”
Annali Di Geofisica 41(4): 607-616.

25: Russo RM, Silver PG, Franke M, Ambeh WB, James DE, 1996, Shear-wave splitting in
northeast venezuela, Trinidad and the Eastern Caribbean, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 95, 251-275, 1996.

26: Vinnik LP, Green RWE, Nicolaysen LO, Recent Deformations of the deep
continental roots in southern Africa, Nature, 375, 50-52, 1995.

27: Savage MK, Sheehan AF, Lerner-Lam A, Shear wave splitting across the Rocky
Mountain Front, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2267-2270, 1996.

28: Schutt DL, Humphreys Eugene D, Dueker K, Anisotropy of the Yellowstone
Hot Spot wake, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, PAGEOPH, 1998.
Note: These are station averages.

29: Fouch, M. J., K. M. Fischer, et al. (2000). “Shear wave splitting, continental keels, and patterns of mantle flow.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B3): 6255-6275. Note: station HRV is the Wolfe & Silver [1998] stacked
method as taken from Barroul, Silver, and Vauchez, 1996. All values are station averages.

30: Ellis (Still trying to track this one down)

31: Margheriti, L., Nostro, C., Cocco, M., Amato, A, Seismic anisotropy beneath the
northerb Apennines, Geo. Res. Lett., v23/20 2721-2724, 1996.

32: Pondrelli S., Azzara R., Upper mantle anisotropy in Victoria Land
(Antarctica), Pageoph , 151, 433-442, 1998.

33: Wolfe, C J, and Solomon, S. C., "Shear-wave splitting and Implications for Mantle
Flow Beneath the MELT region of the East Pacific Rise", Science, 280,
1230-1232, 1998. These are station averages

34: Sheehan, A. F., Jones, C. H., Savage, M. K. Ozalaybey, S., and Schneider, J. M,
Contrasting lithospheric structure between the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin: Initial
results from Colorado Plateau - Great Basin PASSCAL experiment, Geo. Res. Lett., 24,
2609-2612, 1997.

35: Kay, I., S. Sol, et al. (1999). “Shear wave splitting observations in the Archean craton of western Superior.”
Geophysical Research Letters 26(17): 2669-2672.

36: Levin, V., W. Menke, et al. (2000). “No regional anisotropic domains in the northeastern US Appalachians.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B8): 19029-19042.

37: Barruol, G., G. Helffrich, et al. (1997). “Shear wave splitting around the northern Atlantic; frozen Pangaean
lithospheric anisotropy?” Tectonophysics 279(1-4): 135-148.

38: Sandvol, E. A., J. F. Ni, et al. (1997). “Seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Himalayas-Tibet collision zone.”
Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets 102(8): 17,813-17,823.

39: Russo, R. M. and E. A. Okal (1998). “Shear wave splitting and upper mantle deformation in French Polynesia; evidence
from small-scale heterogeneity related to the Society hotspot.” Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B7): 15,089-15,107.

40: Wolfe, C. J., F. L. Vernon III, et al. (1999). “Shear-wave splitting across western Saudi Arabia: the pattern of upper mantle
anisotropy at a Proterozoic shield.” Geophysical Research Letters 26(6): 779-782.

41: Barruol, G. and M. Granet (2002). “A Tertiary asthenospheric flow beneath the southern French Massif Central indicated by
upper mantle seismic anisotropy and related to the west Mediterranean extension.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 202(1): 31-47.

42: Wiejacz, P. (2001). “Shear wave splitting across Tornquist-Teisseyre zone in Poland.”
Journal of the Balkan Geophysical Society 4(4): 91-100.

43: Silver, P. G., S. S. Gao, et al. (2001). “Mantle deformation beneath southern Africa.”
Geophysical Research Letters 28(13): 2493-2496.

44: Wylegalla, K., G. Bock, et al. (1999). “Anisotropy across the Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone from shear wave splitting.”
Tectonophysics 314(1-3): 335-350.

45: Bank, C.-G., M. G. Bostock, et al. (2000). “A reconnaissance teleseismic study of the upper mantle and transition zone
beneath the Archean Slave craton in NW Canada.” Tectonophysics 319(3): 151-166.

46: Meade, C., P. G. Silver, et al. (1995). “Laboratory and seismological observations of lower mantle isotropy.”
Geophysical Research Letters 22(10): 1293-1296.

47: Polet, J., P. G. Silver, et al. (2000). “Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Andes from the BANJO, SEDA, and
PISCO experiments.” Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B3): 6287-6304.

48: Barruol, G. and R. Hoffman (1999). “Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Geoscope stations.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 104(B5): 10,757-10,773.

49: Russo, R. M. and P. G. Silver (1994). “Trench-parallel flow beneath the Nazca plate from seismic anisotropy.”
Science 263: 1105-1111.

50: Brisbourne, A., G. Stuart, et al. (1999). “Anisotropic structure of the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand - integrated
interpretation of surface-wave and body- wave observations.” Geophysical Journal International 137(1): 214-230.

51: Murdie, R. E. and R. M. Russo (1999). “Seismic anisotropy in the region of the Chile margin triple junction.”
Journal of South American Earth Sciences 12(3): 261-270.

52: Hartog, R. and S. Y. Schwartz (2000). “Subduction-induced strain in the upper mantle east of the
Mendocino triple junction, California.” Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B4): 7909-7930.

53: Barruol, G., A. Souriau, et al. (1998). “Lithospheric anisotropy beneath the Pyrenees from shear wave splitting.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 103(12): 30,039-30,053.

54: Wolfe, C. J. and F. L. Vernon, III (1998). “Shear wave splitting at central Tien Shan; evidence for rapid
variation of anisotropic patterns.” Geophysical Research Letters 25(8): 1217-1220.

55: Herquel, G., P. Tapponnier, et al. (1999). “Teleseismic shear wave splitting and lithospheric anisotropy beneath
and across the Altyn Tagh fault.” Geophysical Research Letters 26(21): 3225-3228.

56: Audoine, E., M. K. Savage, et al. (2000). “Seismic anisotropy from local earthquakes in the transition region from
a subduction to a strike-slip plate boundary, New Zealand.” Journal of Geophysical Research 105(4): 8013-8033.

57: Marson-Pidgeon, K., M. K. Savage, et al. (1999). “Seismic anisotropy beneath the lower half of the
North Island, New Zealand.” Journal of Geophysical Research 104(B9): 20,277-20,286.

58: Rondenay, S., M. G. Bostock, et al. (2000). “Lithospheric assembly and modification of the SE Canadian Shield: Abitibi-Grenville teleseismic experiment.” Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B6): 13735-13754.

59: M.J. Fouch, P.G. Silver, D.R. Bell, and J.N. Lee, Small-scale variations in seismic anisotropy near Kimberley, South Africa, submitted to Geophys. J. Int., 2003.

60: Gok, R., J. F. Ni, et al. (2003). “Shear wave splitting and mantle flow beneath LA RISTRA.”
Geophysical Research Letters 30(12): art. no.-1614.

61: Kuo, B. Y. and D. W. Forsyth (1992). “A Search for Split Sks Wave-Forms in the North-Atlantic.”
Geophysical Journal International 108(2): 557-574.

62: Dricker, I., L. Vinnik, et al. (1999). “Upper-mantle flow in Eastern Europe.”
Geophysical Research Letters 26(9): 1219-1222.

63: Vinnik, L. P., R. W. E. Green, et al. (1996). “Seismic constraints on dynamics of the mantle of the Kaapvaal craton.”
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 95: 139-151.

64: Bock, G., R. Kind, et al. (1998). “Shear wave anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath the Nazca plate in northern Chile.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 103(B10): 24,333-24,345.

65: Savage, M. K. and A. F. Sheehan (2000). “Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow from the Great Basin to the
Great Plains, western United States.” Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B6): 13,715-13,734.

66: Walker, K. T., G. H. R. Bokelmann, et al. (2001). “Shear-wave splitting to test mantle deformation models around Hawaii.”
Geophysical Research Letters 28(22): 4319-4322.

67: Rau, R. J., W. T. Liang, et al. (2000). “Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Taiwan orogen.”
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 177(3-4): 177-192.

68: Margheriti, L., F. P. Lucente, et al. (2003). “SKS splitting measurements in the Apenninic-Tyrrhenian domain (Italy)
and their relation with lithospheric subduction and mantle convection.” Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 108(B4): art. no.-2218.

69: Data received through personal communication

70: Currie, C. A., J. F. Cassidy, et al. (2003). "Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Cascadia subduction zone and
western North American craton." Submitted to Geophysical Journal International February 4, 2003.