Distributed deformation in the subducting lithosphere at Tonga

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-338

  Nothard, Sarah ^a   Haines, John ^b   Jackson, James ^a   Holt, Bill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Plate convergence; Subduction; Tonga slab

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTED SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

TONGA;

EID: 0030434896     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04723.x     Document Type: Article

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