Dynamics of subduction and plate motion in laboratory experiments: Insights into the "plate tectonics" behavior of the Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a,b   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Funiciello, Francesca ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 17044379011     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002999     Document Type: Article

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