Hawaii, boundary layers and ambient mantle-geophysical constraints

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1547-1577

  Anderson, Don L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Boundary layer; Hawaii; Lithosphere; Mantle temperature; Plumes; Transition Zone

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BATHYMETRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; PLATE TECTONICS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79961049291     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq068     Document Type: Article

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