The role of water in connecting past and future episodes of subduction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 15-27

  van der Lee, Suzan ^a   Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^b,c   Yuen, Dave A ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; dehydration; hydrous minerals; North America; S velocity; seismic tomography; subduction; subduction initiation; transition zone; Wilson cycle

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEEP WATERS; DEHYDRATION; EAST COAST; HIGH-VELOCITY; HYDROUS MINERALS; MANTLE MINERALS; NORTH AMERICA; PLATE TECTONICS; REGULAR LATTICES; RINGWOODITE; ROLE OF WATER; S VELOCITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION INITIATION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WADSLEYITE; WILSON CYCLE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GARNETS; HEALTH; HYDROGEN; MINERALS; NONMETALS; OLIVINE; OXYGEN; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SULFATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

WATER CONTENT;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49149106081     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.041     Document Type: Article

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