Preliminary three-dimensional model of mantle convection with deformable, mobile continental lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 205-218

  Yoshida, Masaki ^a  

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

Author keywords

Continental drift; Continental margin; Craton; Mantle convection; Numerical simulation; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SUPERCONTINENTS;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77953021929     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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