Stagnant lid convection and the thermal subsidence of sedimentary basins with reference to Michigan

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Michigan; Stagnant lid convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149083248     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002881     Document Type: Article

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