Faulting and hydration of the Juan de Fuca plate system

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 94-102

  Nedimović, Mladen R ^a,c   Bohnenstiehl, DelWayne R ^b,c   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^c   Pablo Canales, J ^d   Dziak, Robert P ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquakes; faulting; hydration; Juan de Fuca plate system; seismic reflection imaging

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTROLLED HYDRATION; CRUSTAL LEVELS; FAULT DIP; FAULT STRUCTURE; FAULTING; FLUID TRANSPORT; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE SYSTEM; MOHO DEPTH; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; NORMAL FAULTS; OCEANIC PLATE; PLATE SYSTEMS; SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGING; SUBDUCTING SLABS;

EARTHQUAKES; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAKES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; HYDRATION; IMAGING METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; TRENCH;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67549150460     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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