Common depth of slab-mantle decoupling: Reconciling diversity and uniformity of subduction zones

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Wada, Ikuko ^a   Wang, Kelin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraslab seismicity; Mantle wedge flow; Slab dehydration; Subduction zones; Thermal models; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049100413     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002570     Document Type: Article

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