Stability and dynamics of the continental tectosphere

Developments in Crop Science

Volumn 24, Issue C, 1999, Pages 115-133

  Shapiro, Steven S ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a   Jordan, Thomas H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive cooling; Continental tectosphere; Dynamics; Mantle convection; Mantle rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957030559     PISSN: 0378519X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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