Effects of fluid circulation in subducting crust on Nankai margin seismogenic zone temperatures

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 887-890

  Spinelli, Glenn A ^a   Wang, Kelin ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FLUID CIRCULATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; OCEAN CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL BUDGET; THERMAL CIRCULATION; THERMAL MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPHS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

TECTONICS;

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 58649085532     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25145A.1     Document Type: Article

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