Coupling between different layers of the lithosphere under horizontal drag underneath

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue SUPP, 2003, Pages 41-55

  Ning, Jieyuan ^a   Zang, Shaoxian ^a   Wang, Shuguang ^a   Wei, Rongqiang ^a   Liang, Guoping ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continental dynamics; Coupling between different layers; Lithosphere; Rheological layering

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; RHEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 2342598998     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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