Double seismic zone and dehydration embrittlement of the subducting slab

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Yamasaki, Tadashi ^a   Seno, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydration embrittlement; Double seismic zone; Oceanic crust; Serpentine; Subducting plate

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SERPENTINE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0041810411     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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