Open AccessEarthquakes track subduction fluids from slab source to mantle wedge sink
Author(s) -
Felix Halpaap,
S. Rondenay,
Alexander Perrin,
Saskia Goes,
Lars Ottemöller,
Håkon Austrheim,
Robert K. Shaw,
Thomas Eeken
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
science advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.928
H-Index - 146
ISSN - 2375-2548
DOI - 10.1126/sciadv.aav7369
Subject(s) - geology , slab , subduction , mantle wedge , mantle (geology) , seismology , induced seismicity , sink (geography) , wedge (geometry) , geophysics , petrology , tectonics , physics , cartography , optics , geography
Fluids trigger earthquakes as they flow upward along the subducted slab and escape into the overlying rocks.
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