Ultrafast upwelling bursting through the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 393-399

  Larsen, Tine B ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Models; Plumes; Upper mantle; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE (UPPER); MANTLE PLUME; UPWELLING;

EID: 0030755030     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00247-6     Document Type: Article

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