EARTH SCIENCE Plate motion and mantle plumes

被引：10
作者：
Mueller, R. Dietmar [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Geosci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
来源：
NATURE | 2011年 / 475卷 / 7354期
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D O I：
10.1038/475040a
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
A model based on geophysical data from the Indian Ocean suggests that a mantle-plume head may once have coupled the motions of the African and Indian tectonic plates, and determined their respective speeds. See Article p.47
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