Plate generation in a simple model of lithosphere - Mantle flow with dynamic self-lubrication

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 41-51

  Bercovici, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Mantle; Plate tectonics; Plates; Strike slip faults; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SELF LUBRICATION; STRIKE SLIP FAULT; TOROIDAL MOTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030425479     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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