Localized Shear and Thermal Softening of Magnesian Carbonates in Downgoing Slabs: A New Model for Intraslab Earthquakes
Abhishek Prakash1, Caleb W Holyoke III2, Peter B Kelemen3, William M Lamb1, Stephen H Kirby4, Andreas K Kronenberg1 and Paul Raterron5,6, (1)Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, (2)University of Akron, Department of Geosciences, Akron, OH, United States, (3)Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)USGS Retired, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (5)National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States, (6)CNRS - Université de Lille - Brown University, UMET, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France