On subducting slab entrainment of buoyant asthenosphere

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-173

  Phipps Morgan, J ^a   Hasenclever, Jörg ^b,c   Hort, M ^c   Rupke L ^b,d   Parmentier, E M ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ASTHENOSPHERE; ENTRAINMENT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 34547567636     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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