Sharp thermal transition in the forearc mantle wedge as a consequence of nonlinear mantle wedge flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Wada, Ikuko ^a   Rychert, Catherine A ^b   Wang, Kelin ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREARC MANTLE WEDGE; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; MANTLE WEDGE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL FIELD; THERMAL MODELING; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

NONLINEAR FEEDBACK;

FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; FOREARC BASIN; NONLINEARITY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SLAB; STAGNATION FLOW; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 79960278439     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047705     Document Type: Article

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