Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth’s mantle
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Vol. 205 (3-4), 295-308
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(02)01048-8
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