Thermo-mechanical modeling of subduction of continental lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 185-203

  Sobouti, Farhad ^a   Arkani Hamed, Jafar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Continental lithosphere; Rheology; Subduction; Thermo chemical convection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037200344     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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