The effects of viscous stressed and mantle velocities on subduction : finite difference modeling
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Dawson, Mathew Walter, 1977-
Advisor(s)
Leigh H. Royden.
Date Issued
2001
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis presents a two-dimensional finite-difference model of subduction, which is used to explore the characteristics of subduction that are most closely related to deformation in the overriding plate. The model focuses on how the angle, a, at which the slab subducts and the rate, Vr , at which the subduction boundary "retreats" are affected by the negative buoyancy of the subducting lithospheric slab and the viscous forces that arise where the mantle and subducting slab are in motion relative to one another ...
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 107).
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Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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