Deformation of a seamount subducting beneath an accretionary prism: Constraints from numerical simulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1827-1830

  Baba, T ^a   Hori, T ^a   Hirano, S ^a   Cusmmins, P R ^a   Park, J O ^a   Jameyama, M ^a   Kaneda, Y ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS;

SEAMOUNTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; SEAMOUNT; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0035334745     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012266     Document Type: Article

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