Response of mantle transition zone thickness to plume buoyancy flux

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Das Sharma, S ^a   Ramesh, D S ^a   Li, X ^b   Yuan, X ^b   Sreenivas, B ^a   Kind, R ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamics: convection currents, and mantle plumes: Hotspots; Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE PLUME; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 73049092244     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04403.x     Document Type: Article

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