Channeling at the base of the lithosphere during the lateral flow of plume material beneath flow line hot spots

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Stagnant lid convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849213754     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002090     Document Type: Article

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