Earthquakes in the deep continental crust-insights from studies on exhumed high-pressure rocks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 569-576

  Lund, Mats G ^a   Austrheim, Håkon ^a   Erambert, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deep crustal earthquakes; Eclogite; High pressure; Metastability; Pseudotachylyte; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; ECLOGITE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 3543128322     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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