Global prevalence of double benioff zones

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5830, 2007, Pages 1472-1474

  Brudzinski, Michael R ^a   Thurber, Clifford H ^b   Hacker, Bradley R ^c   Engdahl, E Robert ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE;

AGE; ANTIGORITE; BENCHMARKING; BENIOFF ZONE; CHLORITE; DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE; SEPARATION; STRESS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC PLATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 34250221175     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139204     Document Type: Article

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