Supercontinent cycles disrupted by strong mantle plumes

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 847-850

  Phillips, Benjamin R ^a   Bunge, Hans Peter ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Numerical model; Plumes; Supercontinent cycles

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CONVECTION; SUPERCONTINENT CYCLES; THERMAL INSTABILITY;

HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; THERMAL PLUMES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 34548717682     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23686A.1     Document Type: Article

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