Subduction zones: Observations and geodynamic models

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 9-24

  King, S D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Mantle rheology; Plate tectonics; Slabs; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; RHEOLOGY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0035213328     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00218-7     Document Type: Article

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