Plate generation and two-phase damage theory in a model of mantle convection

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1065-1080

  Landuyt, Wiliam ^a   Bercovici, D ^a   Ricard, Y ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Planetary tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 50649125468     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03844.x     Document Type: Article

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