The quest for self-consistent generation of plate tectonics in mantle convection models

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 121, Issue , 2000, Pages 47-72

  Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85007435532     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM121p0047     Document Type: Chapter

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