A hypothesis for the seismogenesis of a double seismic zone

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 71-84

  Kao, Honn ^a   Liu, Lin‐Gun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

double seismic zone; enstatite; metastable phase transition; seismogenesis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE SEISMIC ZONE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMOGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE CONDITIONS;

EID: 0029472474     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb06662.x     Document Type: Article

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