Mariana blueschist mud volcanism: Implications for conditions within the subduction zone

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Fryer, P ^a   Wheat, C G ^b   Mottl, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESITE; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; DECARBONATION; DEPTH DEPENDENCE; MUD VOLCANISM; MUD VOLCANOES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SITU CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

VOLCANOES;

BLUESCHIST; MUD VOLCANO; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

MARIANA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879885386     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0103:MBMVIF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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