Thermomechanical modeling of pulsation tectonics and consequences on lithospheric dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-220

  Larsen, Tine B ^a   Yuen, David A ^a   Smedsmo, Jamie L ^a   Malevsky, Andrei V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONVECTION MODEL; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; FLOOD VOLCANISMS; OCEANIC BASIN; PLATE VELOCITY; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; TIME DEPENDENT;

EARTH SCIENCES;

FLOOD VOLCANISM; LITHOSPHERE DYNAMICS; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN BASIN; PULSATION TECTONICS; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL;

EID: 0029730853     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03661     Document Type: Article

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