Seismic imaging of mantle plumes

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2000, Pages 391-417

  Nataf, H C ^a  

^a Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers   (France)

Author keywords

Hotspot; Mantle convection; Mantle plume; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033790543     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.28.1.391     Document Type: Article

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