Reconciling the geophysical and geochemical mantles: Plume flows, heterogeneities, and disequilibrium

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Davies, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mantle geochemistry; Mantle heat budget; Mantle heat sources; Mantle heterogeneity; Melt migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350117223     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002634     Document Type: Article

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