On the fate of mantle plumes at density interfaces

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Kumagai, Ichiro ^a   Kurita, Kei ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Laboratory studies; Mantle plumes; Mixing; Ontong Java Plateau

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; LAYERED MEDIUM; MANTLE PLUME;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033937530     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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