Subduction initiation: Spontaneous and induced

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 275-292

  Stern, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision; Ophiolites; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; NUCLEATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 5044239380     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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