Anisrtropic uppermost mantle in young subducted slab underplating Central Mexico

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-59

  Song, Teh Ru Alex ^a   Kim, Younghee ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; HEAT FLUX; LINEATION; MANTLE PROCESS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SLAB; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84255194153     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1342     Document Type: Article

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