Evaluating slab-plate coupling in the Indo-Australian plate

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Coblentz, David ^b   Schellart, Wouter Pieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indo Australian plate; Plate tectonics; Slabs; Stress; Subduction

Indexed keywords

INTRAPLATE STRESS FIELDS; SEISMICITY; SLAB-PLATE COUPLINGS; TRANSITION ZONES;

BUOYANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

COUPLING; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SLAB; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 13944252535     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20898.1     Document Type: Article

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