Three-dimensional dynamics of hydrous thermal-chemical plumes in oceanic subduction zones

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Zhu, Guizhi ^a   Gerya, Taras V ^a,b   Yuen, David A ^c   Honda, Satoru ^d   Yoshida, Takeyoshi ^e   Connolly, James A D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D thermal chemical plumes; Japanese volcanism; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049132638     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002625     Document Type: Article

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