Two-dimensional convection with a self-lubricating, simple-damage rheology

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 783-800

  Auth, Christian ^a,b   Bercovici, David ^b   Christensen, Ulrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithospheric deformation; Mantle convection; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0141857495     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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