Signatures of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction in Cenozoic plate motions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Goes, S ^a   Capitanio, F A ^b   Morra, G ^c,d   Seton, M ^e   Giardini, D ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Plate motions; Slab pull; Subduction dynamics; Trench migration

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DRIVING FORCES; LITHOSPHERIC; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE SLABS; MANTLE VISCOSITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLATE MOTIONS; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB DIP; SLAB GEOMETRY; SLAB PULL; SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS; TRENCH MIGRATION;

BENDING STRENGTH; BUOYANCY; DRAG; VISCOSITY;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BUOYANCY; CENOZOIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 78651503505     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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