Seismic structure and origin of hotspots and mantle plumes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-265

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Discontinuities; Hot spots; Mantle plumes; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0035160952     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00465-4     Document Type: Article

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