Can compositional mantle heterogeneities be detected with seismic anisotropy?


Manuele Faccenda, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Ana MG Ferreira, University College London, Department of Earth Science, London, United Kingdom, Nicola Tisato, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, 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