Active lithospheric thinning

Tectonophysics

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1986, Pages 271-278

  Fleitout, L ^a   Froidevaux, C ^a   Yuen, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; CONVECTION; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; SCANDINAVIAN CALEDONIDES; STRETCHING; THERMOMECHANICAL DESTABILIZATION;

EID: 0022837885     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(86)90037-5     Document Type: Article

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