Tomography of the westernmost Ryukyu subduction zone and the serpentinization of the fore-arc mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Chou, Han Chiang ^a,b   Kuo, Ban Yuan ^c   Chiao, Ling Yun ^d   Zhao, Dapeng ^e   Hung, Shu Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Cing Shuei Senior High School   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ECLOGITE; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SERPENTINIZATION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANO;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 72049106103     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006192     Document Type: Article

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