Global slab deformation and centroid moment tensor constraints on viscosity

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Alpert, L A ^a   Becker, T W ^a   Bailey, I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mantle rheology; net rotation; phase transitions; plate motions; slab deformation; subduction

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; TENSORS; VISCOMETERS;

MANTLE RHEOLOGY; NET ROTATION; PLATE MOTIONS; SLAB DEFORMATION; SUBDUCTION;

VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLAB; STRAIN RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 78650549516     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003301     Document Type: Article

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