Hot mantle upwelling across the 660 beneath Yellowstone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-236

  Schmandt, Brandon ^a   Dueker, Kenneth ^b   Humphreys, Eugene ^c   Hansen, Steven ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Mantle plumes; Mantle transition zone; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW-VELOCITY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; PLUME STRUCTURE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TRANSITION ZONES; WIDE AREA; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT; YELLOWSTONES;

THERMAL PLUMES; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BODY WAVE; DISCONTINUITY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859643275     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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