Variable conductivity: Effects on the thermal structure of subducting slabs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3257-3260

  Hauck II, Steven A ^a,b   Phillips, Roger J ^a,b   Hofmeister, Anne M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLIVINE; TECTONICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

DEEP FOCUS EARTHQUAKES; METASTABLE WEDGE SOURCES; SUBDUCTING SLABS;

SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT TRANSFER; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

DEEP-FOCUS EARTHQUAKES; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; METASTABLE OLIVINE; MODEL PREDICTION; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033226492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010831     Document Type: Article

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