Seismic evidence for convection-driven motion of the North American plate

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7134, 2007, Pages 428-431

  Eaton, David W ^a   Frederiksen, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; METEOR; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; FORCE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947546650     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05675     Document Type: Article

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