Beyond the thermal plume paradigm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Farnetani, Cinzia G ^a   Samuel, Henri ^b  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GEODYNAMIC MODELS; THERMAL AXISYMMETRIC PLUMES; THERMO-CHEMICAL PLUMES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE PLUME; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; LOWERMOST MANTLE; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE EXPRESSION; THERMAL AXISYMMETRIC PLUMES; THERMO-CHEMICAL PLUMES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

EID: 21844466516     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022360     Document Type: Article

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