Geographic correlation between hot spots and deep mantle lateral shear-wave velocity gradients

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 47-63

  Thorne, Michael S ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^a   Grand, Stephen P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Mantle convection; Mantle plume; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042737047     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.09.026     Document Type: Article

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