Possible existence of small-scale convection under the back arc

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 39-1-39-4

  Honda, S ^a   Saito, M ^b   Nakuki, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY;

THERMAL STRUCTURE;

GEOPHYSICS;

BACKARC BASIN; MANTLE CONVECTION; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

JAPAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0036871611     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015853     Document Type: Article

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