Anomalous topography in the western Atlantic caused by edge-driven convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Shahnas, M Hosein ^a   Pysklywec, Russell N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

8120 Tectonophysics: Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle general; 8121 Tectonophysics: Dynamics, convection currents and mantle plumes; 8149 Tectonophysics: Planetary tectonics (5475); 8150 Tectonophysics: Plate boundary general (3040); 9325 Information related to geographic region: Atlantic ocean

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MANTLE; SURFACE PLATES; SURFACE RESPONSE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONOPHYSICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10644253583     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020882     Document Type: Article

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