Are the lower planes of double seismic zones caused by serpentine dehydration in subducting oceanic mantle?

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 299-302

  Peacock, Simon M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Earthquakes; Metamorphism; Serpentine; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SERPENTINE;

SUBDUCTION ZONES;

GEOLOGY;

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84874980645     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0299:ATLPOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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