The Moho in subduction zones

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 547-557

  Bostock, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low velocity zone; Mantle forearc serpentinization; Metamorphic dehydration; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; FOREARC MANTLE WEDGE; IMPERMEABLE PLATE; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASALT; DEHYDRATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; POROSITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 84889100062     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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