Mantle flow and deformation of subducting slab at a plate junction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 365, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-142

  Morishige, Manabu ^a,b   Honda, Satoru ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Plate junction; Seismic anisotropy; Slab deformation; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE JUNCTIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB DEFORMATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84874473047     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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