High mantle temperature during Cretaceous avalanche

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Machetel, Philippe ^a   Humler, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

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

Author keywords

Avalanche; Geochemistry; Isostasy; Mantle convection; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOSTASY; MANTLE CONVECTION;

EID: 0037473246     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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