Physical conditions producing slab stagnation: Constraints of the Clapeyron slope, mantle viscosity, trench retreat, and dip angles

Tectonophysics

Volumn 445, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 200-209

  Torii, Yoku ^a   Yoshioka, Shoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clapeyron slope; Mantle viscosity; Numerical simulation; Stagnant slab; Trench retreat

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; P-T CONDITIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 36549030296     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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