Effect of lower mantle viscosity on the time-dependence of plate velocities in three-dimensional mantle convection models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Gait, Andrew D ^a,b   Lowman, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY;

MANTLE CONVECTION MODELS; MANTLE VISCOSITY; PLATE VELOCITIES;

TECTONICS;

LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE MOTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 38549148866     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031396     Document Type: Article

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