Temporal evolution of the stress state in a supercontinent during mantle reorganization

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Yoshida, Masaki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: compressional; Continental tectonics: extensional; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Dynamics: convection currents, and mantle plumes; Mantle processes; Rheology: mantle

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC PLATE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

EID: 73049086240     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04399.x     Document Type: Article

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