The thermal effects of steady-state slab-driven mantle flow above a subducting plate: The Cascadia subduction zone and backarc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-48

  Currie, C A ^a,b   Wang, K ^a,b   Hyndman, Roy D ^a,b   He, Jiangheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backarc; Cascadia; Corner flow; Mantle flow; Mantle wedge; Numerical modelling; Subduction zones; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; MANTLE PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 2942654853     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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