On the relations between cratonic lithosphere thickness, plate motions, and basal drag

Tectonophysics

Volumn 358, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 211-231

  Artemieva, Irina M ^a,c   Mooney, Walter D ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Archean; Continental lithosphere; Lithosphere thickness; Plate motions; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE MOTION; PRECAMBRIAN; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037078928     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00425-0     Document Type: Article

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