Influences of dissipation and rheology on mantle plumes coming from the D″-layer

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 139-145

  Schott, B ^a   Yuen, D A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D layer; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 3042817147     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.07.026     Document Type: Article

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