A simple analytical method to calculate the thermal parameter and temperature within subducted lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Frohlich, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep earthquakes; Modeling; Subduction; Thermal parameter

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTHQUAKES; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL PARAMETER;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646497890     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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