Modeling thermal history of subducting crust in Nankai Trough: Constraints from in situ sediment temperature and diagenetic reaction progress

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Spinelli, G A ^a   Underwood, M B ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CLAY; COOLING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE; MIXED-LAYER CLAY; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GEOPHYSICS;

DIAGENESIS; HEAT FLUX; ILLITE; SMECTITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NANKAI TROUGH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 21144453417     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022793     Document Type: Article

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