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Continental drift: What driving mechanism?

C. Froidevaux, Henri‐Claude Nataf

International Journal of Earth Sciences · 1981 · 27 citations · 27 references

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The heat flow through oceanic and continental crust and the heat loss of the Earth

John G. Sclater, Claude Jaupart, D. A. Galson · Reviews of Geophysics · 1980 · 1.2K citations

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Slip-line field theory and large-scale continental tectonics

Paul Tapponnier, Péter Molnár · Nature · 1976 · 813 citations

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A model for the evolution of the Indian Ocean and the breakup of Gondwanaland

Ian O. Norton, John G. Sclater · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 717 citations

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Convection in the earth's mantle: towards a numerical simulation

Dan McKenzie, J. M. Roberts, N. O. Weiss · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1974 · 690 citations

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The Earth: Its origin, structure and evolution

R. S. Thorpe · Tectonophysics · 1980 · 493 citations

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