Large-scale rigid-body rotation in the mantle wedge and its implications for seismic tomography

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Gorczyk, Weronika ^a   Gerya, Taras V ^a,b   Connolly, James A D ^a   Yuen, David A ^c   Rudolph, Maxwell ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D numerical modeling; Arc extension; Mantle plume; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547132658     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001075     Document Type: Article

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