Do mantle plumes exist?

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Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 162-168

  Campbell, Ian H ^a   Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 33750352994     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i3/001     Document Type: Article

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