Slab pull effects from a flexural analysis of the Tonga and Kermadec trenches (Pacific Plate)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 479-484

  Garcia Castellanos, Daniel ^a,b   Torne, Montserrat ^a   Fernàndez, Manel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexure; Oceanic lithosphere; Rheology; Slab pull

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0034121599     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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