State of stress in slabs as a function of large-scale plate kinematics

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Petricca, Patrizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absolute plate motion; Slab; State of stress; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951738401     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC003003     Document Type: Article

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