Asthenospheric flow and lithospheric evolution near the Mendocino Triple Junction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-71

  Liu, Kaijian ^a   Levander, Alan ^a   Zhai, Yongbo ^a   Porritt, Robert W ^b   Allen, Richard M ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint inversion; Mantle wedge; Mendocino Triple Junction; Slab window; Young asthenosphere

Indexed keywords

JOINT INVERSION; MANTLE WEDGE; SLAB WINDOWS; TRIPLE JUNCTION; YOUNG ASTHENOSPHERE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AMBIENT NOISE; ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OPHIOLITE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SLAB; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; COAST RANGES; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857460792     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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