Plate Rheology and Mechanics

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 99-151

  Burov, E B ^a  

^a University of Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Elastic thickness; Mechanics of the lithosphere; Rheology; Yield strength envelopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956651580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00102-4     Document Type: Chapter

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