Slab pull, mantle convection, and Pangaean assembly and dispersal

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 225-237

  Collins, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Mantle convection; Pangaea; Plate tectonics; Slab pull; Supercontinent; Wilson cycle

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; PANGAEA; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 0037428056     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01043-9     Document Type: Article

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