Anisotropic viscosity changes subduction zone thermal structure

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lev, Einat ^a,b   Hager, Bradford H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropy; mantle rheology; numerical modeling; subduction zones

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPIC VISCOSITY; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FINITE ELEMENT; HYDROUS MINERAL; KINEMATIC MODEL; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; MANTLE WEDGE; MELT PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODELING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SLAB AGE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THERMAL FIELD; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TIME VARIABILITY; WEDGE GEOMETRY;

ANISOTROPY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGMATISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ZONE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79955394401     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003382     Document Type: Article

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