Westward drift of the lithosphere: Not a result of rotational drag

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 535-537

  Ranalli, Giorgio ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lithosphere

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 0034108436     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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