The thermal structure of subduction zones constrained by seismic imaging: Implications for slab dehydration and wedge flow

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 387-397

  Abers, Geoffrey A ^a   van Keken, Peter E ^b   Kneller, Erik A ^b   Ferris, Aaron ^a   Stachnik, Joshua C ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Intermediate depth earthquakes; Mantle wedge; Receiver functions; Subduction; Thermal models

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE-DEPTH EARTHQUAKES; MANTLE WEDGE; RECEIVER FUNCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL MODELS;

CALCULATIONS; DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MINERALS; OLIVINE; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 30744462613     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.055     Document Type: Article

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