Observations of flexure and the rheology of oceanic lithosphere

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 855-875

  Watts, A B ^a   Zhong, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexure of the lithosphere; Isostasy; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FLEXURE; ISOSTASY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0033806333     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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