HOW CONTINENTS BREAK UP

被引：12

作者：

COURTILLOT, V ^{[1
]}

VINK, GE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] PRINCETON UNIV,PRINCETON,NJ 08544

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 1983年 / 249卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0783-42

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The theory of plate tectonics holds that the crust of the earth consists of plates some 100 kilometers thick that are moving with respect to one another. Continents rift apart over millions of years, and in the process they deform. This article presents a study of this rifting, which is beginning to reveal the properties of the plates that compose the earth's crust.

引用

页码：42 / &

共 5 条

[1] PROPAGATING RIFTS IN SEAFLOOR SPREADING PATTERNS [J].