A migratory mantle plume on Venus: Implications for Earth?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 15953-15967

  Chapman, Mary G ^a   Kirk, Randolph L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MIGRATION;

EID: 0030485152     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00883     Document Type: Article

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