Evidence for mantle plumes?

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7169, 2007, Pages

  Anderson, Don L ^a   Natland, James H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FERTILITY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; NOTE; PETROLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 36549068722     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06376     Document Type: Note

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