Stability of arc lower crust: Insights from the Talkeetna arc section, south central Alaska, and the seismic structure of modern arcs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Behn, Mark D ^a   Kelemen, Peter B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANDESITE; BASALT; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA; PYROXENITE; TERRANE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547857823     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004327     Document Type: Article

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