Control on seafloor spreading geometries by stress- and strain-induced lithospheric weakening

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-189

  Hieronymus, Christoph F ^a  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Plate tectonics; Rheology

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANICS; MODELING; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 2342573715     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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