The planet beyond the plume hypothesis

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-182

  Smith, Alan D ^a   Lewis, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earth rotation; Intraplate volcanism; mantle evolution; Plate tectonics; Plumes; Stress fields

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMICS; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0033490761     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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