Non-volcanic tremor and discontinuous slab dehydration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Fagereng, Åke ^a   Diener, Johann F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES; WATER CONTENT;

DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; FAULT SLIP; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SLAB DEHYDRATION; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION THRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONES; WATER RELEASE;

DEHYDRATION;

CHLORITE; DEHYDRATION; DISCONTINUITY; FAULT SLIP; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GLAUCOPHANE; LAWSONITE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 80051489584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048214     Document Type: Article

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