Distribution of hydrous minerals in the subduction system beneath Mexico

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 341-344, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-67

  Kim, YoungHee ^a,b   Clayton, Robert W ^a   Jackson, Jennifer M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inversion; Hydrous minerals; Mexico; Receiver function; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INVERSION; HYDROUS MINERAL; ME-XICO; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SUBDUCTION;

SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROUS MINERAL; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER CRUST;

ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 84863492961     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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