Mantle flow deflected by interactions between subducted slabs and cratonic keels

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 726-730

  Miller, Meghan S ^a   Becker, Thorsten W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRATON; FAULT; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84866976191     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1553     Document Type: Article

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