Small-scale convection beneath oceans and continents

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1292-1317

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asthenosphere; craton; lithosphere; mantle plume; ocean depth age; small scale convection

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79955145368     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4435-x     Document Type: Article

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