Generation of plate tectonics from lithosphere-mantle flow and void-volatile self-lubrication

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 139-151

  Bercovici, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0031827188     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00182-9     Document Type: Article

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