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Forte et al. 1991

Forte, A.M., Peltier, W.R. and Dziewonski, A.M. (1991). Inferences of mantle viscosity from tectonic plate velocities. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL01726. issn: 0094-8276.

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 plane motion data and demonstrate its utility in constraining the depth variation of absolute viscosity. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991

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Keywords
Tectonophysics, Rheology of the lithosphere and mantle, Tectonophysics, Dynamics of the lithosphere and mantle, Seismology, Structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle

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Geophysical Research Letters
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