Lateral flow of hot plume material ponded at sublithospheric depths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 28065-28083

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCE; LATERAL FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE; PLUME;

EID: 2642691745     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02463     Document Type: Article

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