PLANFORM OF MANTLE CONVECTION BENEATH THE PACIFIC-OCEAN

The correlation between variations of the bathymetry and of the geoid in the Pacific Ocean suggests that both are the surface expression of mantle convection. The planform of the convection which is required to generate the observed anomalies does not consist of rolls but is three dimensional, with...

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Autori principali: Mckenzie, D, Watts, A, Parsons, B, Roufosse, M
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 1980