Pacific plate deformation from horizontal thermal contraction

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 847-850

  Kreemer, Corné ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACIFIC PLATES; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

CONTRACTION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRAIN RATE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84907286676     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35874.1     Document Type: Article

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