Inhibition of subduction thrust earthquakes by low-temperature plastic flow in serpentine

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 349-357

  Hirauchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Katayama, Ikuo ^a   Uehara, Seiichiro ^b   Miyahara, Masaaki ^c   Takai, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformation microstructure; Earthquake; Forearc mantle; Northeast Japan; Serpentine; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MICROSTRUCTURE; DUCTILE FLOW; FLOW MECHANISMS; FOREARC; FOREARC MANTLE; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; HYDROUS MINERAL; LATTICE FRINGES; LIZARDITE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MANTLE WEDGE; PLANAR SHAPE; PLATE INTERFACES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SEISMIC REGIONS; SERPENTINITE; SHEET-LIKE; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION THRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEM OBSERVATIONS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRATES; KAOLINITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTIC FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

SERPENTINE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOREARC BASIN; MANTLE; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLASTIC FLOW; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SERPENTINE; SHEAR STRAIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 77953719288     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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