Overriding plate thinning in subduction zones: Localized convection induced by slab dehydration

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Arcay, D ^a   Doin, M P ^b   Tric, E ^a   Bousquet, R ^c   De Capitani, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hydration; Subduction; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847227790     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001061     Document Type: Article

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