Heat flow and bending-related faulting at subduction trenches: Case studies offshore of Nicaragua and Central Chile

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 238-248

  Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Kaul, Norbert ^b   Diaz Naveas, Juan L ^c   Villinger, Heinrich W ^b   Ranero, Cesar R ^a   Reichert, Christian ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Global water cycle; Heat flow; Normal faulting; Serpentinization; Subduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LITHOSPHERIC HEAT; OCEANIC TRENCH SLOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OCEANOGRAPHIC SUBMARINES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT FLOW; NORMAL FAULT; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; NICARAGUA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22144479362     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.048     Document Type: Article

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