Rheology and tectonic significance of serpentinite

Elements

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Hirth, Greg ^a   Guillot, Stéphane ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Ocean continent transition; Seafloor; Seismicity; Serpentinization; Strike slip fault; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; GEODYNAMICS; MAGNESITE; SERPENTINE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEA FLOOR; SEISMICITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; RHEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMICITY; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE;

EID: 84876992856     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.9.2.107     Document Type: Article

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