Cratonic root beneath North America shifted by basal drag from the convecting mantle

Nature Geoscience - Tập 8 Số 10 - Trang 797-800 - 2015
Mikhail K. Kaban1, Walter D. Mooney2, Alexey G. Petrunin1
1Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Earth System Modelling, Telegrafenberg A20 D-14473 Potsdam, Germany,
2US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 977 Menlo Park, California 94025, USA,

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