Numerical evaluation of mantle plume spacing, size, flow rates, and unsteadiness

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7377-7387

  Wüllner, Ursula ^a   Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; MANTLE PLUME; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033541427     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900094     Document Type: Review

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