Generation of plate-like behavior and mantle heterogeneity from a spherical, viscoplastic convection model

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Foley, Bradford J ^a,b   Becker, Thorsten W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Mantle dynamics; Mantle structure; Plate tectonics; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249122938     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002378     Document Type: Article

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