Channeling of plume flow beneath mid-ocean ridges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 207-220

  Albers, Michael ^a   Christensen, Ulrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Iceland; Mantle plumes; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; VISCOSITY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0035018892     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00276-X     Document Type: Article

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