Unbending combined with dehydration embrittlement as a cause for double and triple seismic zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Wang, Kelin ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRITTLEMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

DEHYDRATION EMBRITTLEMENTS; ELASTIC PERFECTLY PLASTIC; FLUID PRESSURES; METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; SEISMIC ZONES; SUBDUCTING SLABS;

DEHYDRATION;

EID: 0037107290     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015441     Document Type: Article

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