Lithosphere-asthenosphere viscosity contrast and decoupling

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Doglioni, Carlo ^a   Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^b,c,d   Panza, Giuliano ^e,f   Riguzzi, Federica ^g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical modelling; Asthenosphere; Decoupling; Lithosphere dynamics; Rayleigh Taylor instability; Viscosity contrast

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; ASTHENOSPHERE; DECOUPLING; LITHOSPHERE DYNAMICS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; VISCOSITY CONTRAST;

GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS;

VISCOSITY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; COUPLING; LITHOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 80053630782     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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