Are mantle plumes adiabatic?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 165-176

  Matyska, Ctirad ^a   Yuen, David A ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Geothermal gradient; Mantle; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034896726     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00361-2     Document Type: Article

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