Self-consistent generation of tectonic plates in time-dependent, three-dimensional mantle convection simulations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

lithosphere; Mantle convection; plate tectonics; rheology

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RHEOLOGY; SILICATES; YIELD STRESS;

DIFFUSE BOUNDARIES; FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENTS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VERY LONG WAVELENGTH;

TECTONICS;

EID: 84882842780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000036     Document Type: Article

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