Plume heat flow in a numerical model of mantle convection with moving plates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 276-285

  Yoshida, Masaki ^a   Ogawa, Masaki ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Mantle convection; Mantle plume; Moving plate; Numerical model; Topography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MOVING PLATE; PLUME HEAT FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL PLUMES;

TECTONICS;

HEAT FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 27744535414     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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