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| A unified law of motion of lithospheric plates and the driving mechanism | |
Tan HS(谈镐生) ; Guan DX(关德相); TAN, GS (reprint author), ACAD SINICA,INST MECH,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA.
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| Source Publication | Scientia Sinica Series B-Chemical Biological Agricultural Medical & Earth Sciences
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| 1982 | |
| Volume | 25Issue:6Pages:672-680 |
| ISSN | 0253-5823 |
| Abstract | From observed data on lithospheric plates, a unified empirical law for plate motion,valid for continental as well as oceanic plates, is obtained in the following form: The speedof plate motion U depends linearly on a geometric parameter T_d, ratio of the sum of effectiveridge length and trench arc length to the sum of area of continental part of plate and total areaof cold sinking slab. Based on this unified law, a simple mechanical analysis shows that, themain driving forces for lithospheric plates come from push along the mid-ocean ridge andpull by the cold sinking slab, while the main drag forces consist of the viscous traction beneaththe continental part of plate and over both faces of the sinking slab. Moreover, the specific-push along ridge and pull by slab are found to be of equal magnitude. |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:A1982PA30200011 |
| WOS Research Area | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| WOS Subject | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://dspace.imech.ac.cn/handle/311007/39948 |
| Collection | 力学所知识产出(1956-2008) |
| Corresponding Author | TAN, GS (reprint author), ACAD SINICA,INST MECH,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Tan HS,Guan DX,TAN, GS . A unified law of motion of lithospheric plates and the driving mechanism[J]. Scientia Sinica Series B-Chemical Biological Agricultural Medical & Earth Sciences,1982,25,6,:672-680. |
| APA | Tan HS,关德相,&TAN, GS .(1982).A unified law of motion of lithospheric plates and the driving mechanism.Scientia Sinica Series B-Chemical Biological Agricultural Medical & Earth Sciences,25(6),672-680. |
| MLA | Tan HS,et al."A unified law of motion of lithospheric plates and the driving mechanism".Scientia Sinica Series B-Chemical Biological Agricultural Medical & Earth Sciences 25.6(1982):672-680. |
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