Tails of two plume types in one mantle

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-130

  Lenardic, A ^a   Jellinek, A M ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUXES; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; THERMAL ANOMALIES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THICK LAYERS; VARIABLE THICKNESS; VISCOSITY VARIATIONS;

BASALT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW PATTERNS; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES; VISCOSITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CAVITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIAPIR; HOT SPOT; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC DATA; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 69649093913     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25229A.1     Document Type: Article

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