How many plumes are there?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 113-124

  Malamud, Bruce D ^a   Turcotte, Donald L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fractals; Geodynamics; Heat flow; Mantle plumes; Seamounts

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; MANTLE PLUME; SEAMOUNT;

EID: 0033491028     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00257-5     Document Type: Article

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