Role of ocean-continent contrast and continental keels on plate motion, net rotation of lithosphere, and the geoid

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B1, 2001, Pages 703-712

  Zhong, Shijie ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GEOID; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035097860     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900364     Document Type: Article

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