Dehydration and earthquakes in the subducting slab: Empirical link in intermediate and deep seismic zones

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 297-311

  Omori, Soichi ^a   Komabayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep focus earthquake; Dehydration; Earthquake; Phase relation; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; EARTHQUAKE; PHASE TRANSITION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 2542486322     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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