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Slow motion in the mantle
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Tackley, Paul |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | Journal: Physics World In the 1960s plate tectonics revolutionized our understanding of how the Earth works. It became clear that the strong outer layer of the Earth, called the lithosphere, is broken into a number of distinct plates rather like a cracked egg shell. These plates, which are approximately 100 km thick, move around relative to each other at rates of several centimetres per year. The lithospheric plates are strong and rigid since it is relatively cold close to the Earth's surface, but 60–100 km into the Earth it is hot enough for the rocks to flow like a fluid. |
| Related Links | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/9/5/24/pdf |
| Ending Page | 38 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 33 |
| ISSN | 09538585 |
| e-ISSN | 20587058 |
| DOI | 10.1088/2058-7058/9/5/24 |
| Journal | Physics World |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 1996-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Physics World |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Physics and Astronomy |
