Cocos-Nazca slab window beneath Central America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 465-474

  Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Thorkelson, Derek J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Geochemistry; Island arcs; Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Slabs; Spreading centers; Subduction zones; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; MANTLE PLUME; SUBDUCTED SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0030861540     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00242-7     Document Type: Article

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