On the possibility of a second kind of mantle plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 61-71

  Cserepes, L ^a   Yuen, D A ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Mantle; Mantle plumes; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034527923     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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