Temperature and rheological properties of the mantle beneath the North American craton from an analysis of heat flux and seismic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Levy F ^a,b   Jaupart, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT FLUX; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79551633853     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007726     Document Type: Article

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