Influence of rheology on realignment of mantle convective structure with plate motion after a plate reorganization

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Van Hunen, J ^a   Zhong, S ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Convection rolls; Plate motion; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749084937     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001209     Document Type: Article

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