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  1. Abstract

    Using a 3‐D mantle wedge flow field for a generic oblique subduction system, we calculate elastic tensors of mineral aggregates in the mantle wedge for A‐, B‐, C‐, and E‐type olivine crystal preferred orientations (CPO) and apply the calculated elastic tensor in the forward calculation of shear‐wave splitting (SWS) through the mantle wedge. We find that the hexagonal approximation of the full tensor does not affect the SWS parameters (the fast direction and the delay time) significantly for all CPO types except that the delay time for C‐type CPO becomes shorter. Additionally, we find that despite the 3‐D mantle flow field that results from oblique subduction, the fast direction is margin‐normal for A‐, C‐ and E‐type CPOs and margin‐parallel for B‐type CPO.

     
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