Spherical shell models of mantle convection with tectonic plates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 575-587

  Monnereau, Marc ^a   Quéré, Sandrine ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Fluid dynamics; Mantle; Plate tectonics; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MANTLE; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 0035081710     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00334-4     Document Type: Article

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