At what stress level is the central Indian Ocean lithosphere buckling?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 165-181

  Gerbault, Muriel ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Indian Ocean; Intraplate processes; Plastic deformation; Rheology; Serpentinite; Stress

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; RHEOLOGY; SERPENTINITE; STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034113451     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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