High heat flow anomalies on an old oceanic plate observed seaward of the Japan Trench

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-352

  Yamano, Makoto ^a   Kinoshita, Masataka ^b   Goto, Shusaku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Intra plate volcanism; Japan Trench; Normal fault; Pacific plate

Indexed keywords

GRABEN; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HORST; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NORMAL FAULT; PACIFIC PLATE; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VOLCANISM;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 41349088383     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0280-1     Document Type: Article

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