Interaction of rising and sinking mantle plumes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 455-458

  Schaeffer, Nathanaël ^a   Manga, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; THERMAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY OF GASES;

COLD SINKING PLUMES; HOT RISING PLUMES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 0034744795     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012215     Document Type: Article

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