Subduction initiation by thermal-chemical plumes: Numerical studies

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 296-312

  Ueda, Kosuke ^a,b   Gerya, Taras ^b   Sobolev, Stephan V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Plate strength; Subduction initiation; Thermal chemical plume

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; THEOREM PROVING;

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL PLUMES; EFFECTIVE FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MANTLE CONVECTIONS; MANTLE PLUMES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERES; PLATE STRENGTH; RE-CONFIGURATIONS; SEDIMENT LOADINGS; SUBDUCTION INITIATION; SUBDUCTION INITIATIONS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THERMAL-CHEMICAL PLUME; THERMO MECHANICALS; VISCOPLASTIC MODELS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

COMPRESSION; FRACTURE INITIATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 55749096941     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.032     Document Type: Article

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