Controls of stable continental lithospheric thickness: the role of basal drag

Lithos

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Garfunkel, Zvi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Changes of lithosphere; Continental lithosphere; Lithospheric thickness

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; MANTLE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34248334671     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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