Self-consistent generation of tectonic plates in three-dimensional mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-22

  Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR;

EID: 0032522133     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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