Implications of slab mineralogy for subduction dynamics

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 51-66

  Bina, C R ^a   Stein, S ^a   Marton, F C ^a   Van Ark, E M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Slab mineralogy; Subduction

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MINERALOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0035213329     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00221-7     Document Type: Article

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