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 mapping flow in Earth's upper mantle.
However, interpreting patterns of anisotropy relies on a firm understanding of the …

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 …

Evolution of the Josephine peridotite shear zones: 2. Influences on olivine CPO evolution

KM Kumamoto, JM Warren… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic anisotropy arises in the upper mantle due to the alignment of olivine crystal lattices
and is often used to interpret mantle flow direction. Experiments on the evolution of olivine …

The influence of water on the strength of olivine dislocation slip systems

J Tielke, J Mecklenburgh, E Mariani… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The nature of lattice‐preferred orientation (LPO) in olivine‐rich rocks strongly influences
many important physical properties of Earth's upper mantle. Different LPO types have been …

PyDRex: Predicting crystallographic preferred orientation in peridotites under steady-state and time-dependent strain

L Bilton, T Duvernay, DR Davies… - Geophysical Journal …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of peridotite minerals is frequently invoked to
explain the widespread dependence of seismic wave speed on propagation direction in …

A spectral directors method for modeling the coupled evolution of flow and CPO in polycrystalline olivine

NM Rathmann, K Mosegaard… - Geochemistry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of polycrystalline olivine affects both the
viscous and seismic anisotropy of Earth's upper mantle with wide geodynamical …

Dynamics of the upper mantle in light of seismic anisotropy

TW Becker, S Lebedev - Mantle convection and surface …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic anisotropy records continental dynamics in the crust and convective deformation in
the mantle. Deciphering this archive holds huge promise for our understanding of the thermo …

Evolving viscous anisotropy in the upper mantle and its geodynamic implications

Á Király, CP Conrad, LN Hansen - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Asthenospheric shear causes some minerals, particularly olivine, to develop anisotropic
textures that can be detected seismically. In laboratory experiments, these textures are also …

Predicting viscoplastic anisotropy in the upper mantle: a comparison between experiments and polycrystal plasticity models

L Mameri, A Tommasi, J Signorelli… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Viscoplastic deformation of mantle rocks produces crystal preferred orientations (CPO or
texture) of olivine and, by consequence, an anisotropic mechanical response for subsequent …