New views on the structure and rheology of the lithosphere

Jackson, J. A. and McKenzie, D. P. and Priestley, K. F. and Emmerson, B. (2008) New views on the structure and rheology of the lithosphere. Journal of the Geological Society, 165 (2). 453 - 465. DOI 10.1144/0016-76492007-109

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Abstract

Over the last 10 years a series of developments have led to a new understanding of what controls the variations in lithosphere strength, structure and evolution that produce dramatic contrasts between the geological histories of oceans, ancient shields and young orogenic belts. Those developments involve a wide range of observations from a great diversity of geological, geophysical and geochemical disciplines that, none the less, provide a mutually consistent and coherent overall picture. This paper summarizes, in one place, the essential stages in the evolution of the relevant ideas and observations that have led to this situation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2007 AREP IA55 2008 P
Subjects:	02 - Geodynamics, Geophysics and Tectonics
Divisions:	02 - Geodynamics, Geophysics and Tectonics
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the Geological Society
Volume:	165
Page Range:	453 - 465
Identification Number:	10.1144/0016-76492007-109
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2009 13:02
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 10:07
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/430

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