Metamorphic controls on seismic velocity of subducted oceanic crust at 100-250 km depth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 61-74

  Connolly, J A D ^a   Kerrick, D M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

devolatization; Low velocity layers; metamorphism; Seismic velocity; subduction

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; METABASALT; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION;

PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 0037202659     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00957-3     Document Type: Article

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