Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6440282 Lithos 2016 51 Pages PDF
Abstract
A comparison between depths of “water-release events” and “earthquake occurrence” in the South Chile slab (“hot” subduction) highlights a clear correlation between each other, suggesting a possible contribution of the dehydration of Fe-bearing serpentinites to the occurrence of seismic events. In contrast, and based on the same comparison applied to the Kermadec slab, our results demonstrate that there is no correlation in depth between serpentinite dehydration and seismicity in “cold” subduction zones.
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