ドレイク海峡を通る太平洋から大西洋への上層マントルの流れの地化学的追跡

J A Pearce1, P T Leat, P F Barker

  • 1Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, UK. PearceJA@cardiff.ac.uk

Nature
|March 22, 2001
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まとめ

地化学データは,太平洋マントルのドレイク海峡への流出が,地球質量バランスではなく地域構造によって引き起こされていることを明らかにしています. マントルの領域の境界は,ドレイク海峡と東スコットランド海の間にある.

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