Composition and mass flux of sediment entering the world's subduction zones: Implications for global sediment budgets, great earthquakes, and volcanism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Rea, David K ^a   Ruff, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Sediment supply; Sedimentation rates; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GLOBAL SEDIMENTARY CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0030461339     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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