A gravity current model of cooling mantle plume heads with temperature-dependent buoyancy and viscosity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3291-3309

  Bercovici, David ^a   Lin, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GRAVITY CURRENT; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029750618     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03538     Document Type: Article

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