Dynamical mechanisms controlling formation and avalanche of a stagnant slab

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 309-320

  Nakakuki, T ^a   Tagawa, M ^a   Iwase, Y ^b   Suetsugu, Daisuke ^b   Bina, Craig ^b   Inoue, Toru ^b   Wiens, Douglas ^b   Jellinek, Mark ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Numerical modeling; Rheology; Stagnant slab; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CLAPEYRON SLOPE; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; DYNAMICAL MODEL; FINAL STATE; GROWTH TIME; LOW VISCOSITY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER; SIMULATED RESULTS; SLAB DEFORMATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STAGNANT SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

DEFORMATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

AVALANCHE; DEFORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78649443955     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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