The influence of a mantle plume head on the dynamics of a retreating subduction zone

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 739-742

  Betts, Peter G ^a   Mason, Wendy G ^a   Moresi, Louis ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT PLUME; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; MAGMATIC ARCS; MANTLE PLUME; NATURAL CONSEQUENCES; PLATE MOTIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB WINDOWS; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

EID: 84866181631     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32909.1     Document Type: Article

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