The role of mobile belts for the longevity of deep cratonic lithosphere: The crumple zone model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1235-1238

  Lenardic, A ^a   Moresi, L ^b   Muhlhaus H ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY;

CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE; DEEP CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MOBILE BELTS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0034352472     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008410     Document Type: Article

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