A constraint on the shear stress at the Pacific-Australian plate boundary from heat flow and seismicity at the Kermadec forearc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6817-6833

  Von Herzen, R ^a   Ruppel, C ^b   Molnar, P ^c,d   Nettles, M ^e   Nagihara, S ^f   Ekstrom G ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; HEAT FLOW; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRESS;

KERMADEC TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034953670     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900469     Document Type: Article

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