Conditions for flow in the continental crust

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 5-1-5-7

  McKenzie, Dan ^a   Jackson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continents; Deformation; Plateaus; Tectonics; Underplating

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE CONVECTION; SEISMIC DATA; UNDERPLATING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036966549     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002tc001394     Document Type: Article

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