A fluid-pressure feedback model of dehydration reactions: Experiments, modelling, and application to subduction zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 241-251

  Miller, S A ^a   van der Zee, W ^b   Olgaard, D L ^c   Connolly, J A D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Fluid pressure; Melting

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLUID PRESSURE; MELTING; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0042279253     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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