Low heat flow from young oceanic lithosphere at the Middle America Trench off Mexico

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Minshull, Timothy A ^a   Bartolomé, Rafael ^b   Byrne, Siobhán ^a   Dañobeitia, Juanjo ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; BSR; Gas hydrate; Heat flow; Hydrothermal circulation; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTION; GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 27744506093     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.045     Document Type: Article

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