Thermal structure and seismicity of subducting lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 191-208

  Emmerson, Brian ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle rheology; Potential temperature; Seismicity; Subduction zones; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

MANTLE RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL MODELLING;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; NAZCA PLATE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

NAZCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547856609     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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