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Professor Christine Peirce's Outputs (6)

Deep seismic structure of the Tonga subduction zone: Implications for mantle hydration, tectonic erosion, and arc magmatism. (2011)
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Contreras-Reyes, E., Grevemeyer, I., Watts, A., Flueh, E., Moeller, S., Papenberg, C., & Peirce, C. (2011). Deep seismic structure of the Tonga subduction zone: Implications for mantle hydration, tectonic erosion, and arc magmatism. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B10), Article B10103. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jb008434

[1] We present the first detailed 2D seismic tomographic image of the trench-outer rise, fore- and back-arc of the Tonga subduction zone. The study area is located approximately 100 km north of the collision between the Louisville hot spot track and... Read More about Deep seismic structure of the Tonga subduction zone: Implications for mantle hydration, tectonic erosion, and arc magmatism..