2D and 3D numerical models on compositionally buoyant diapirs in the mantle wedge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 53-68

  Hasenclever, Jörg ^a,b   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^c   Hort, Matthias ^a   Rüpke, Lars H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c EAS Dept ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Mantle wedge; Numerical modeling; Slab dehydration; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRISM; MANTLE WEDGE; NUMERICAL MODELING; SLAB DEHYDRATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER TREATMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BUOYANCY; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 81155148197     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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