Quantifying the net slab pull force as a driving mechanism for plate tectonics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Schellart, W P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

MANTLE; SHEAR RESISTANCE; TRAILING PLATES;

GEOPHYSICS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 3042781526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019528     Document Type: Article

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