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Hamilton 2002

Hamilton, W.B. (2002). The closed upper-mantle circulation of plate tectonics. In: Plate Boundary Zones, Geodynamics Series. Stein, S. and Freymueller, J.T. (Editors), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.. 30: 359-410.

Keywords
670-km discontinuity, continental lithosphere, convection, deformation, intraplate processes, island arcs, kinematics, lithosphere, mantle, motions, Pacific Plate, plate tectonics, plumes, rifting, sea-floor spreading, subduction zones, transition zones, upper mantle, 18, Solid-earth geophysics