Inferring nonlinear mantle rheology from the shape of the Hawaiian swell

Nature

Volumn 473, Issue 7348, 2011, Pages 501-504

  Asaadi, N ^a   Ribe, N M ^b   Sobouti, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LAVA; MANTLE PLUME; NONLINEARITY; OLIVINE; RHEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; STRAIN RATE; SWELL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FLOW KINETICS; GEOLOGY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

EID: 79957598872     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09993     Document Type: Article

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