Shear stress at the base of shield lithosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Bokelmann, Götz H R ^a   Silver, Paul G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BASAL SHEAR STRESS; CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONVECTING MANTLE; DEGREE OF COUPLING; LOW VISCOSITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SURFACE PLATES; TECTONIC PLATES;

SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0036950901     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015925     Document Type: Article

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