Simulation of active tectonic processes for a convecting mantle with moving continents

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 611-623

  Trubitsyn, Valeriy ^a,b   Kaban, Mikhail ^a   Mooney, Walter ^c   Reigber, Christoph ^a   Schwintzer, Peter ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental evolution; Mantle convection; Marginal basin; Subduction

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33645980632     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02832.x     Document Type: Article

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