Effect of solid flow above a subducting slab on water distribution and melting at convergent plate boundaries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Cagnioncle, Amandine Marie ^a   Parmentier, E M ^a   Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTING; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE;

EID: 36049002541     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004934     Document Type: Article

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