The role of history-dependent rheology in plate boundary lubrication for generating one-sided subduction

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 879-907

  Tagawa, Michio ^a   Nakakuki, Tomoeki ^a   Kameyama, Masanori ^b   Tajima, Fumiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Plate motion; Rheology; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT; TRENCH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34249722726     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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