Evolving force balance during incipient subduction

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Gurnis, Michael ^a   Hall, Chad ^a   Lavier, Luc ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Plate tectonics; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449131508     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000681     Document Type: Article

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