Episodic tectonic plate reorganizations driven by mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-91

  King, Scott D ^a   Lowman, Julian P ^b   Gable, Carl W ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Emperor Seamounts; Mantle; Movement; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; MANTLE CONVECTION; MESOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0037107876     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00852-X     Document Type: Article

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