Interaction of plume and thermal convection in the continental upper mantle

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-431

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Continent; Plume; Thermal convection; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644446259     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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