Driving mechanism and 3-D circulation of plate tectonics

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 433, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-25

  Hamilton, Warren B ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearc basins; Geodynamics; Global tectonics; Plate tectonics; Rollback; Seafloor spreading; Subduction

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

FORE-ARC BASIN; GLOBAL TECTONICS; ROLLBACK; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION;

GEODYNAMICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BACKARC BASIN; FOREARC BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 75749115540     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2433(01)     Document Type: Article

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