Seismic anisotropy of the uppermost mantle beneath the Rio Grande rift: Evidence from Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths, New Mexico
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a Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Ohya 836, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan b Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, Cc 060, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France c Institute of Geosciences, Shizuoka University, Ohya 836, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan d Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, TX 79968, USA e Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA f Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
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