On the relationships between slab dip, back-arc stress, upper plate absolute motion, and crustal nature in subduction zones

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Lallemand, Serge ^a   Heuret, Arnauld ^a   Boutelier, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Slab dip; Subduction dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745442676     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000917     Document Type: Article

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