Yin and yang of continental crust creation and destruction by plate tectonic processes

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-31

  Stern, Robert J ^a   Scholl, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Plate tectonics; Subduction; Supercontinent cycle

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOT SPOT; OROGENY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

EID: 75449117864     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810903332322     Document Type: Article

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