Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence across fracture zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-30

  Hall, Chad E ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a   Sdrolias, Maria ^b   Lavier, Luc L ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bonin Arc; Fracture zones; Initiation; Izu Arc; Mariana Trough; Subduction

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

IZU-BONIM ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037962434     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00242-5     Document Type: Article

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