A mantle plume head trapped in the transition zone beneath the Mediterranean: A new idea

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 373-387

  Lavecchia, Giusy ^a   Creati, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33749659848     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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