Intermittent plate tectonics?

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5859, 2008, Pages 85-88

  Silver, Paul G ^a   Behn, Mark D ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37849004161     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1148397     Document Type: Article

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