Plate detachment, asthenosphere upwelling, and topography across subduction zones

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-566

  Gvirtzman, Zohar ^a   Nur, Amos ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOREARC; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; FOREARC BASIN; MAGMATISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

EID: 84874965347     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0563:PDAUAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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