Three-dimensional forward and backward numerical modeling of mantle plume evolution: Effects of thermal diffusion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^a,b,c   Schubert, Gerald ^d   Tsepelev, Igor ^e   Korotkii, Alexander ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33750523003     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003782     Document Type: Article

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