Hysteresis in mantle convection: Plate tectonics systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Weller, M B ^a   Lenardic, A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETS;

DIFFERENT MODES; DOMINANT FACTOR; EQUIVALENT SYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAY; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE CONVECTION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING STUDIES; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; PARAMETER VALUES; STRENGTH PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

HYSTERESIS; LITHOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VISCOSITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 84861397627     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051232     Document Type: Article

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