On the effect of temperature and strain-rate dependent viscosity on global mantle flow, net rotation, and plate-driving forces

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 943-957

  Becker, Thorsten W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Plate driving forces; Seismicanisotropy

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRAIN RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33750695324     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03172.x     Document Type: Article

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