Curvature of subducted lithosphere from earthquake locations in the Wadati-Benioff zone

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Buffett, B A ^a   Heuret, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

dissipation; rheology; subduction

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; RHEOLOGY; SPLINES; VISCOSITY;

EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EQUIVALENT RADIUS; GEOMETRIC QUANTITIES; MEAN VALUES; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VISCOUS DEFORMATION; WADATI-BENIOFF ZONES;

CURVE FITTING;

CURVATURE; DEFORMATION; DISSIPATION; EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

EID: 79959732210     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003570     Document Type: Article

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