Quantifying apparent anisotropy in a chemically heterogeneous Earth’s mantle

Manuele Faccenda, Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Padova, Italy, Ana MG Ferreira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, Carolina R Lithgow-Bertelloni, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Lars P Stixrude, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Giorgio Pennacchioni, University of Padova, Department of Geosciences, Padova, Italy