Rayleigh - Taylor instabilities from hydration and melting propel 'cold plumes' at subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-62

  Gerya, Taras V ^a,b   Yuen, David A ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D numerical modeling; Magmatic activity; Mantle plumes; Seismicity; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; HYDRATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0037624105     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00265-6     Document Type: Article

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