Global plume-fed asthenosphere flow-I: Motivation and model development

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 165-188

  Yamamoto, Michiko ^a   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^a   Morgan, W Jason ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Mantle convection; Mantle geochemistry

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE GEOCHEMISTRIES; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; TOPOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOLING; DEFORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; SPREADING CENTER; UPWELLING;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 73049097077     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(175)     Document Type: Article

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