Present-day plate motion constraint on mantle rheology and convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 24639-24653

  Wen, Lianxing ^a   Anderson, Don L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; PLATE MOTION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0031425510     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02159     Document Type: Article

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