Models of convection‐driven tectonic plates: a comparison of methods and results

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 481-487

  King, Scott D ^a   Gable, Carl W ^b,d   Weinstein, Stuart A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

convection; Earth's mantle; plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0026438077     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1992.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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