Steady plumes in viscously stratified, vigorously convecting, three-dimensional numerical mantle convection models with mobile plates

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Lowman, Julian P ^a   King, Scott D ^b   Gable, Carl W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spot tracks; Hot spots; Mantle convection; Mantle viscosity; Plates; Plumes

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549022430     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000583     Document Type: Article

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