Electromagnetic detection of plate hydration due to bending faults at the Middle America Trench

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-53

  Key, Kerry ^a   Constable, Steven ^a   Matsuno, Tetsuo ^b,c   Evans, Rob L ^b   Myer, David ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Blue Green Geophysics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Electromagnetics; Marine geophysics; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

ARC VOLCANISM; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; BENDING FAULTS; CONTROLLED SOURCE; DEEP FLUIDS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FLUID CIRCULATION; FLUID FLUXES; FLUID PATHWAYS; GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; INTRINSIC ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERIC; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; NICARAGUA; OCEANIC PLATE; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; UPPERMOST MANTLE; VERTICAL FAULT;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; PLATE TECTONICS; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH; UPPER MANTLE;

MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865483203     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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