Intermediate-depth intraslab earthquakes and arc volcanism as physical expressions of crustal and uppermost mantle metamorphism in subducting slabs

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 96, Issue , 1996, Pages 195-214

  Kirby, Stephen ^a   Engdahl, E Robert ^b   Denlinger, Roger ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 2242486894     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM096p0195     Document Type: Chapter

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