Instabilities of fluid conduits in a flowing earth — are plates lubricated by the asthenosphere?

Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 415-433

  Whitehead, John A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0020413946     PISSN: 00168009     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1982.tb04975.x     Document Type: Article

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