Seismic evidence for a fossil mantle plume beneath south america and implications for plate driving forces

Nature

Volumn 378, Issue 6552, 1995, Pages 25-31

  Van Decar, John C ^a   James, David E ^a   Assumpção, Marcelo ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL PLUME; MANTLE (UPPER); MANTLE PLUME; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; TELESEISMIC STUDY;

BRAZIL; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; PLUME; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029472336     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/378025a0     Document Type: Article

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