A model for the evolution of the Earth's mantle structure since the Early Paleozoic

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A model for the evolution of the Earth's mantle structure since the Early Paleozoic

Seismic tomography studies indicate that the Earth's mantle structure is characterized by African and Pacific seismically slow velocity anomalies (i.e., superplumes) and circum-Pacific seismically fast anomalies (i.e., a globally spherical harmonic degree 2 structure). However, the cause for an...

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Main Authors:	Zhang, N., Zhong, S., Leng, W., Li, Zheng-Xiang
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	American Geophysical Union 2010
Subjects:	plate motions thermochemical mantle convection African and Pacific superplumes Pangea 3D modelling
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7902

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