Predicting plate velocities with mantle circulation models

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Becker, Thorsten W ^a   O'Connell, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

driving forces; edge forces; mantle convection; mantle structure; Plate motions; subduction history

Indexed keywords

RADIAL FLOW; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DRIVING FORCES; EDGE FORCES; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE MOTIONS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 84885714441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000171     Document Type: Article

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