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Inferences of mantle viscosity from tectonic plate velocities
Author(s) -
Forte A. M.,
Peltier W. R.,
Dziewonski A. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/91gl01726
Subject(s) - mantle (geology) , geology , plate tectonics , geophysics , viscosity , tectonics , geodesy , solid earth , inversion (geology) , seismology , physics , thermodynamics
The present‐day velocities of the Earth's tectonic plates provide direct constraints on the absolute value of the mantle viscosity. We present the results of a formal inversion of plate motion data and demonstrate its utility in constraining the depth variation of absolute viscosity.