Seismic attenuation tomography of the Mariana subduction system: Implications for thermal structure, volatile distribution, and slow spreading dynamics

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Pozgay, Sara H ^a,b   Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Conder, James A ^a,c   Shiobara, Hajime ^d   Sugioka, Hiroko ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back arc spreading center; Mantle wedge; Mariana Islands; Seismic attenuation; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549113023     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002313     Document Type: Article

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