Fast mechanisms for the formation of new plate boundaries

Tectonophysics

Volumn 322, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-67

  Regenauer Lieb, K ^a   Yuen, D A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum mechanics; Fluid dynamics; Instabilities; Plate tectonics; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0033867452     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00057-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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