Role of mantle flow at the North Fiji Basin: Insights from anomalous topography

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Pysklywec, Russell N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Buoyant upwelling; Dynamic topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449118451     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001376     Document Type: Article

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