Modulation of mantle plumes and heat flow at the core mantle boundary by plate-scale flow: Results from laboratory experiments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 53-67

  Gonnermann, Helge M ^a   Jellinek, A Mark ^b   Richards, Mark A ^a   Manga, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core Mantle boundary; Core heat flow; Hotspots; Mantle convection; Plumes; Thermal boundary layer; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME;

EID: 4544328751     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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