Thermal modeling of subducted plates: Tear and hotspot at the Kamchatka corner

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 293-304

  Davaille, Anne ^a   Lees, Jonathan M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; hotspot; subduction

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 5044237878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.024     Document Type: Article

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