Microplate motions in the hotspot reference frame

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-281

  Cuffaro, Marco ^a   Jurdy, Donna M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 33746241985     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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