Generic model of subduction erosion

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 913-916

  von Huene, Roland ^a   Ranero, César R ^b   Vannucchi, Paola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Convergent; Nonaccretionary; Plate boundary; Role of fluids; Subduction processes

Indexed keywords

PORE-FLUID PRESSURE; STRESS ABRASION;

ABRASION; GEOPHYSICS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

EROSION;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EROSION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 7444240193     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20563.1     Document Type: Article

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