Mechanisms for the generation of plate tectonics by two-phase grain-damage and pinning

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 202-203, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-55

  Bercovici, David ^a   Ricard, Yanick ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Damage mechanics; Mantle convection; Plate generation

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANICS; DIFFUSION CREEP; GRAIN EVOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE; HEALING TIME; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC ROCKS; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE GENERATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS; SHEAR ZONE; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-PHASE MATERIALS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE MEDIUM; ZENER-PINNING;

PLANETS; RHEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MODELING; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR;

EID: 84862729227     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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