Influence of the subducting plate velocity on the geometry of the slab and migration of the subduction hinge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 197-219

  Schellart, Wouter P ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back arc extension; East Asia; Fluid dynamic modelling; Hinge migration; Mediterranean; Slab rollback; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC OPENING; HINGE-RETREAT; PLATE VELOCITY; SLAB GEOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HINGES; KINEMATICS; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TECTONICS;

PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14744305041     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.019     Document Type: Article

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