Cooling history of the Pacific lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-84

  Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a   Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a   Zhong, Shi Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Lithosphere; Mantle convection; Pacific; Surface waves; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

COOLING; LITHOSPHERE; PLATE TECTONICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4544343543     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.032     Document Type: Article

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