The influence of trench migration on slab penetration into the lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 27-39

  Christensen, Ulrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lower mantle; Slabs; Subduction; Trenches

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE (LOWER); SLAB PENETRATION; SUBDUCTION; TRENCH MIGRATION;

EID: 0030481170     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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