Inferred pore pressures at the Costa Rica subduction zone: Implications for dewatering processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 193-207

  Saffer, Demian M ^a,b,c   Silver, Eli A ^a,b,c   Fisher, Andrew T ^a,b,c   Tobin, Harold ^a,b,c   Moran, Kate ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Experimental studies; Marine sediments; Numerical models; Pore pressure; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; DEWATERING; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PORE PRESSURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0034031749     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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