Emplacement, growth, and gravitational deformation of serpentinite seamounts on the Mariana forearc

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 615-634

  Oakley, A J ^a   Taylor, B ^a   Fryer, P ^a   Moore, G F ^a   Goodliffe, A M ^b   Morgan, J K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearc; Mariana; Reflection seismology; Serpentinite; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EMPLACEMENT; FOREARC BASIN; GEOMETRY; MUD VOLCANO; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547191176     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03451.x     Document Type: Article

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