Mesoscale structures in the transition zone: Dynamical consequences of boundary layer activities

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1035-1045

  Yuen, David A ^a   Cserepes, Laszlo ^b   Schroeder, Brigit A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0032432947     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352198     Document Type: Article

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