A numerical study of the interaction between the mantle wedge, subducting slab, and overriding plate

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 191-202

  Eberle, Michael A ^a   Grasset, Olivier ^b   Sotin, Christophe ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle wedge; Plates; Subduction zone; Tomography; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037160227     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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