Kinematic variables and water transport control the formation and location of arc volcanoes

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7247, 2009, Pages 694-697

  Grove, T L ^a   Till, C B ^a   Lev, E ^a   Chatterjee, N ^a   Medard E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; WATER;

CONVERGENCE; EARTHQUAKE; KINEMATICS; MAGMA; MELTING; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VOLCANO; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 66749148279     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08044     Document Type: Article

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