The role of the heating mode of the mantle in intermittent reorganization of the plate velocity field

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 455-467

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Heat flow; Instability; Mantle convection; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; INSTABILITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037327703     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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