Accelerated non-linear destruction of the earth's crust
The upper part of the Earth—the lithospheric layer, ∼100 km thick, is rigid. Segments of this spherical shell–lithospheric plates are drifting over a ductile asthenosphere. On the continents, the lithosphere includes the Earth's crust, ∼40 km thick, which is underlain by peridotitic rocks of th...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001-01-01
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Series: | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1026022601000322 |
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