Effects of mantle flow on hotspot motion

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 121, Issue , 2000, Pages 377-398

  Steinberger, Bernhard ^a   O'Connell, Richard J ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889052175     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM121p0377     Document Type: Chapter

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