The making and breaking of supercontinents: Some speculations based on superplumes, super downwelling and the role of tectosphere

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 324-341

  Santosh, M ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b   Yamamoto, Shinji ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plate tectonics; Super downwelling; Supercontinent; Superplume; Tectosphere

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DOWNWELLING; FORMATION MECHANISM; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 62949247060     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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