How mantle slabs drive plate tectonics

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5591, 2002, Pages 207-209

  Conrad, Clinton P ^a   Lithgow Bertelloni, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; GEOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SHEARING; VISCOSITY;

MANTLE SLABS;

TECTONICS;

GRAVITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; FORCE; GRAVITY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0037020212     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074161     Document Type: Article

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