The importance of slab pull and a global asthenosphere to plate motions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Van Summeren, Joost ^a   Conrad, Clinton P ^a   Lithgow Bertelloni, Carolina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthenosphere; continental roots; lithosphere; mantle convection; plate motions; plate slab coupling

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL ROOTS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTIONS;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84856694135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003873     Document Type: Article

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