Mantle flow drives the subsidence of oceanic plates

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5974, 2010, Pages 83-85

  Adam, Claudia ^a,b   Vidal, Valérie ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SUBSIDENCE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BOUNDARY LAYER; EVOLUTION; HEAT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 77950471804     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1185906     Document Type: Article

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