从太平洋到大西洋的上层地幔流通过德雷克通道的地化学追踪

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
PubMed
概括

地化学数据显示,太平洋地幔流出到德雷克海峡,这是由区域构造学驱动的,而不是全球质量平衡. 一个地幔域边界存在于德雷克海峡和东苏格兰海之间.

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