Quantification of interplate coupling in subduction zones and forearc topography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1563-1566

  Cattin, R ^a   Lyon Caen, H ^a   Chery J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBOLOGY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOMETRY;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; EFFECTIVE FRICTION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRATION TIME; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; INTERPLATE COUPLING; KINEMATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

FRICTION; GEOLOGY;

FOREARC TOPOGRAPHY; INTERPLATE COUPLING; QUANTIFICATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

FOREARC TOPOGRAPHY; INTERPLATE COUPLING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0031193784     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01550     Document Type: Article

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