Why is terrestrial subduction one-sided?

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Gerya, Taras V ^a   Connolly, James A D ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Numerical modeling; Slab dehydration; Subduction zones; Water

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTED OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; PLASTICITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

TECTONICS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 38349056786     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24060A.1     Document Type: Article

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