Earth's tectonic history revisited in the light of episodic misfits between plate network and mantle convection

Tectonophysics

Volumn 384, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 285-300

  Ricou, Luc Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental break up; Continental collision; Mantle convection; Plate tectonics; Wilson's cycle

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONOPHYSICS; TETHYS;

EID: 3042639120     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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