Starting laminar plumes: Comparison of laboratory and numerical modeling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Vatteville, Judith ^a,b   Van Keken, Peter E ^c   Limare, Angela ^a   Davailie, Anne ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Simulation; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149092506     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002739     Document Type: Article

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