Thermal convection in a heterogeneous mantle

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-156

  Davaille, Anne ^a   Le Bars, Michael ^a   Carbonne, Catherine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Earth's mantle; Hot spots; Plumes; Superswell

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037220665     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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