A case for hot slab surface temperatures in numerical viscous flow models of subduction zones with an improved fault zone parameterization

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 155-164

  Conder, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Numerical modeling; Subduction; Thermal models

Indexed keywords

MELTING; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; THERMOANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

LITHOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 14744298161     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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