Continental collisions in wide aspect ratio and high rayleigh number two-dimensional mantle convection models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue B11, 1996, Pages 25485-25497

  Lowman, Julian P ^a   Jarvis, Gary T ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PLATE TECTONICS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 0030434598     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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