Deformation and dewatering of the subducting plate beneath the lower slope of the northern Barbados accretionary prism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30431-30449

  Zhao, Zhiyong ^a   Moore, Gregory F ^a   Shipley, Thomas H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; DEWATERING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0032506826     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900012     Document Type: Article

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