Simultaneous generation of hotspots and superwells by convetion in a heterogeneous planetary mantle

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6763, 1999, Pages 756-760

  Davaille, Anne ^a  

^a IPG Paris   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033576642     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45461     Document Type: Article

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