Dynamical instability produces transform faults at mid-ocean ridges

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5995, 2010, Pages 1047-1050

  Gerya, Taras ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; INSTABILITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TECTONIC PLATE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 77956122413     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1191349     Document Type: Article

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