Curvature of oceanic arcs

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 877-880

  Morra, Gabriele ^a   Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^a,b   Giardini, Domenico ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Island arcs; Lithosphere; Rheology; Subduction

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA TRENCHES; LITHOSPHERE-MANTLE INTERACTION; MANTLE FLOW; OCEANIC ARCS; PLATES SUBDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURVATURE; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TRENCH;

EID: 33750082013     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22462.1     Document Type: Article

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