The transition from subduction arc to slab tearing: Evidence from Capraia Island, northern Tyrrhenian Sea

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Gasparon, Massimo ^a   Rosenbaum, Gideon ^a   Wijbrans, Jan ^b   Manetti, Piero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magmatism; Slab rollback; Subduction; Tear fault; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CAPRAIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 57449116835     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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