Viscous heating: A potential mechanism for the formation of the ultralow velocity zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Steinbach, Volker ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Heat sources; Mantle plumes; Melting; Shear

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT SOURCE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MELTING; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0033402265     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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