Controls on sublithospheric small-scale convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Huang, Jinshui ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^a   Van Hunen, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0344944676     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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