Title :

Fat Plumes May Reflect the Complex Rheology of the Lower Mantle

Author(s) :

Davaille, A. [Auteur]
Carrez, Philippe [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207
Cordier, Patrick [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Journal title :

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume number :

45

Pages :

1349-1354

Publication date :

2018-02-05

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre
Physique [physics]/Matière Condensée [cond-mat]/Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

English abstract : [en]

Recent tomographic imaging of the mantle below major hot spots shows slow seismic velocities extending down to the core-mantle boundary, confirming the existence of mantle plumes. However, these plumes are much thicker ...
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Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSCL
CNRS
INRA

Collections :

• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Research team(s) :

Plasticité

Submission date :

2019-05-16T17:22:01Z