Effects of slab mineralogy on subduction rates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-122

  Marton, Frederic C ^a,c   Bina, Craig R ^a   Stein, Seth ^a   Rubie, David C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; MINERALOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

BUOYANCY; FEEDBACK; SILICATE MINERALS;

EQUILIBRIUM PHASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION RATES; THERMAL BUOYANCY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMO-KINETIC MODELS; TRANSITION ZONES;

MINERALS;

EID: 0032903325     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900230     Document Type: Article

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