Finite-Frequency Tomography Reveals a Variety of Plumes in the Mantle

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5656, 2004, Pages 338-343

  Montelli, Raffaella ^a   Nolet, Guust ^a   Dahlen, F A ^a   Masters, Guy ^b   Engdahl, E Robert ^c   Hung, Shu Huei ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MECHANICAL WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FINITE-FREQUENCY TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY IMAGES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

MANTLE PLUME; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; FINITE FREQUENCY TOMOGRAPHY; HEAT TRANSFER; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

EID: 0347003624     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1092485     Document Type: Article

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