Influence of the tectosphere upon plate motion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5425-5433

  Stoddard, Paul R ^a   Abbott, Dallas ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; PLATE MOTION; TECTOSPHERE;

EID: 0029769930     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03540     Document Type: Article

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