Eastbound sublithosphere mantle flow through the Caribbean gap and its relevance to the continental undertow hypothesis

Terra Nova

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 333-337

  Alvarez, Walter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; UNDERTOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035694420     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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