High temperature anomalies oceanward of subducting slabs at the 410-km discontinuity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 149-158

  Obayashi, Masayuki ^a   Sugioka, Hiroko ^a   Yoshimitsu, Junko ^a   Fukao, Yoshio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

410 km discontinuity; Mantle; Seismic tomography; Subducting lithosphere

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTING LITHOSPHERE;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 33344467445     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.032     Document Type: Article

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