Effect of thermal diffusion on the stability of strongly tilted mantle plume tails

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kerr, Ross C ^a   Meriaux C ^b   Lister, J R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MANTLE PLUME; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 56449087363     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005510     Document Type: Article

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