Influence of a basal thermal anomaly on mantle convection

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 208-222

  Matsumoto, Nayuta ^a   Namiki, Atsuko ^b   Sumita, Ikuro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Mantle convection; Partial melt; Plume; Thermal anomaly

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PLUMES;

BASAL THERMAL ANOMALY; MANTLE CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

EARTH (PLANET);

BASAL TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; PARTIAL MELTING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 33746613771     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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