The influence of interior mantle temperature on the structure of plumes: Heads for Venus, tails for the Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Mark Jellinek, A ^a   Lenardic, Adrian ^b   Manga, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT FLUX; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES; VISCOSITY;

TRAILING CONDUITS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MANTLE PLUME; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLATE TECTONICS; VENUS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35549013964     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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