The evolution of plume beneath continental lithosphere with drastic variations in thickness

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1182-1196

  Tychkov, S A ^a   Vasilevskii, A N ^a   Rychkova, E V ^a  

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Author keywords

Continental lithosphere; Fluids; Heat flow; Plume; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944579133     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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