Seismic constraints on the water flux delivered to the deep Earth by subduction

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-238

  Savage, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC PLATE; ROLE OF WATER; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE OBSERVATION; WATER FLUX;

SEISMOLOGY; SERPENTINE;

TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; FLOOD BASALT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE TECTONICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC SURVEY; SERPENTINE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WATER COLUMN;

FIJI; TONGA;

EID: 84858133119     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32499.1     Document Type: Article

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