Dynamic phase boundaries of olivine-wadsleyite in subduction zones in the western Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-4

  Jing, Zhi Cheng ^a   Ning, Jie Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Shu Guang ^a   Zang, Shao Xian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY;

THERMAL STRUCTURES;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 0037113531     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl013810     Document Type: Article

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