Processes and Consequences of Deep Subduction
Contributors: D.C. Rubie (Editor); R.D. van der  Hilst (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: December 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780444509710
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Structure & properties of the Earth; Science; Dynamic Geology (General); Plate Tectonics; Nature; Science/Mathematics; Weather; Earth Sciences - Geology; Geophysics; Science / Geophysics; Subduction zones
First sentence: Subduction of slabs of oceanic lithosphere into the deep mantle involves a wide range of geophysical and geochemical processes and is of major importance for the physical and chemical evolution of the Earth.