Chemical stratification in a two-dimensional convecting mantle with magmatism and moving plates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Ogawa, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magmatism; Mantle stratification; Numerical models; Plate motion

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 1642415936     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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