Analytic models for the dynamics of diffuse oceanic plate boundaries

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 145-156

  Zatman, Stephen ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^a,b   Richards, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse plate boundary; East African Rift; Indo Australian plate; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0035068251     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2001.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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