Time dependent subduction dynamics driven by the instability of stagnant slabs in the transition zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 115-132

  Pysklywec, Russell N ^a   Ishii, Miaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle dynamics; Numerical modeling; Plate tectonics; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY DYNAMICS; MANTLE FLOW; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TRANSITION ZONES;

SEISMOLOGY;

MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 14744305289     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.019     Document Type: Article

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