Interaction of weak faults and non-newtonian rheology produces plate tectonics in a 3D model of mantle flow
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 383 (6597) , 245-247
- https://doi.org/10.1038/383245a0
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