Supercontinent-superplume coupling, true polar wander and plume mobility: Plate dominance in whole-mantle tectonics

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 143-156

  Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle dynamics; Plate tectonics; Supercontinent; Superplume; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

MANTLE DYNAMICS; PLATE TECTONICS; SUPERCONTINENT; SUPERPLUME; TRUE POLAR WANDER;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE TECTONICS; POLAR WANDERING; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 69449098528     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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