Dynamics and internal structure of the Hawaiian plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Farnetani, Cinzia G ^a   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; HSDP; Mantle heterogeneities; Plume dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONDUIT STRUCTURE; DYNAMICAL MODEL; FLUID DYNAMIC SIMULATION; GEOCHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC RECORD; KILAUEA; LONG LASTING; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; OCEANIC PLATE; PHASE SAMPLES; PLUME DYNAMICS; PLUME STRUCTURE; SCIENTIFIC DRILLING; SOURCE REGION; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TIME-SCALES; TOPDOWN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILAMENTS (LAMP);

VOLCANOES;

FLUID DYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MANTLE PLUME; SIMULATION; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953024036     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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