Convergence of aqueous fluid at the corner of the mantle wedge: Implications for a generation mechanism of deep low-frequency earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 469, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 85-92

  Furukawa, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Fluid; Low frequency earthquake; Nonvolcanic tremor; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; FLUID-FILLED; GENERATION MECHANISMS; HYDRO-FRACTURING; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE FLOWS; MANTLE WEDGES; NONVOLCANIC TREMOR; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERES; PLATE INTERFACES; SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CRACKS; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TECTONICS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

ACCUMULATION RATE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONVERGENCE; CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROTREMOR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE;

ASIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 63049088085     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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