Thermal structure of the Costa Rica - Nicaragua subduction zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 187-200

  Peacock, Simon M ^a   van Keken, Peter E ^b   Holloway, Stephen D ^c   Hacker, Bradley R ^d   Abers, Geoffrey A ^e   Fergason, Robin L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Lithosphere; Metamorphism; Subduction; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEHYDRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

LITHOSPHERE; METAMORPHIC PRESSURE; OCEANIC CRUST; THERMAL STRUCTURES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744300124     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.030     Document Type: Article

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