Edge-driven convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 289-296

  King, Scott D ^a   Anderson, Don L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Flood basalt; Lithosphere; Mantle; Mantle convection; Mantle plume

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME;

EID: 0032448465     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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