Arc stresses determined by slabs: Implications for mechanisms of back-arc spreading

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3227-3230

  Seno, Tetsuzo ^a   Yamanaka, Yoshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC STRESSES; BACK-ARC SPREADING;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GEODESY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

TECTONICS;

BACKARC BASIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE;

EID: 0032173297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02491     Document Type: Article

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