Slabs do not go gently

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5931, 2009, Pages 1152-1153

  Nolet, Guust ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RUPTURE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SLAB; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; EARTHQUAKE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 66349128258     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1174664     Document Type: Short Survey

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