Insights into the nature of plume-asthenosphere interaction from central Pacific geophysical anomalies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 234-240

  Karato, Shun ichiro ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asthenosphere; plume; seismic anisotropy; upper mantle; water

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; PLUME; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE; WATER;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; MODELING; PLUME; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 51249100842     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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