Stress fields associated with metastable phase transitions in descending slabs and deep-focus earthquakes

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-361

  Yoshioka, Shoichi ^a,d   Daessler, Rolf ^b   Yuen, David A ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buoyancy induced sresses; Deep focus earthquakes; Earthquakes; Lagrangian framework; Stress fields

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY INDUCED STRESS; EARTHQUAKE; PHASE TRANSITION; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTED SLAB;

EID: 0031433803     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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