Subduction Zone Geodynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lallemand, Serge (Editor), Funiciello, Francesca (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Frontiers in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Geology.; Structural geology.; Mineral resources.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Structural Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Subduction is a major process that plays a first-order role in the dynamics of the Earth. The sinking of cold lithosphere into the mantle is thought by many authors to be the most important source of energy for plates driving forces. It also deeply modifies the thermal and chemical structure of the...