Fluid dynamics of mantle plumes

Mantle Plumes: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-48

  Ribe, Neil ^a   Davaille, Anne ^a   Christensen, Ulrich ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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