Plate network division - its effect on mantle convection and the two hot-spot domains

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 201-205

  Ricou, Luc Emmanuel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0032406401     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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