The elusive mantle plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Ritsema, Jeroen ^a   Allen, Richard M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle upwelling; P waves; Plumes; S waves; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; P-WAVE; PHASE TRANSITION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

EID: 0037470351     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01093-2     Document Type: Article

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