Buoyancy of the Oceanic Lithosphere and Subduction Initiation

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 938-951

  Hynes, Andrew ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 25444444182     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.9.938     Document Type: Article

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