Mantle rheology and the scaling of bending dissipation in plate tectonics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Rose, I R ^a,b   Korenaga, J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING; DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 79959839494     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008004     Document Type: Article

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