Rise and Deflection of mantle plume rails

Date

2008

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Kerr, Ross
Lister, John R.

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American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Experimental observations by Kerr and Mériaux (2004) of the deflection of thermal plume tails by an imposed background shear are reanalyzed using a corrected velocity profile. The deflected plumes are found to be accurately described by a constant vertic

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Keywords: Deflection; Mantle plume; Plume tails; Rise velocity

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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. G3

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Journal article

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2037-12-31