Various mechanisms to induce present-day shallow flat subduction and implications for the younger Earth: A numerical parameter study

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 179-194

  van Hunen, Jeroen ^a   van den Berg, Arie P ^b   Vlaar, Nico J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Plume generated oceanic plateau; Shallow flat subduction

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 3042814741     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.07.027     Document Type: Article

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