Generation of mega‐plumes from the core‐mantle boundary in a compressible mantle with temperature‐dependent viscosity
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 25 (11), 1999-2002
- https://doi.org/10.1029/98gl01228
Abstract
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