Thermal state and deep earthquakes in the Southern Tyrrhenian

Tectonophysics

Volumn 306, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 435-448

  Pasquale, V ^a   Verdoya, M ^a   Chiozzi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Heat flux; Mediterranean; Oceanic crust; Rheology; Subduction zone; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; EARTHQUAKE; HEAT FLOW; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033587203     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00070-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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