On the decompression melting structure at volcanic arcs and back-arc spreading centers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Conder, James A ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Morris, Julie ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISCOSITY; VOLCANOES;

BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS; BRITTLE DUCTILE TRANSITIONS; DECOMPRESSION MELTING; HIGH VISCOSITIES; MELT EXTRACTION; MELTING PROCESS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

MELTING;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0036705390     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015390     Document Type: Article

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