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TECTONOPHYSICS
Volume 394, Issue 3-4, Pages 221-232Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.08.006
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continental lithosphere; strength; composition; rheology; relative strength snaps
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The relative importance of the contribution of the lower crust and of the lithospheric mantle to the total strength of the continental lithosphere is assessed systematically for realistic ranges of layer thickness, composition, and temperature. Results are presented as relative strength maps, giving the ratio of the lower crust to upper mantle contribution in term: of crustal thickness and surface heat flow. The lithosphere shows a 'jelly sandwich' rheological layering for low surface heat flow, thin to average crustal thickness. and felsic or wet mafic lower crustal compositions. On the other hand. most of the total strength resides in the seismogenic crust in regions of high surface heat flow, crust of any thickness, and dry mafic lower crustal cotuposition. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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