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Mantle Downwelling

Mantle Downwelling is a large-scale geodynamical process within mantle convection characterized by the sinking of cooler, denser mantle material from the upper mantle toward the core-mantle boundary, driven by gravitational instability and plate tectonic forces.

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2017–2026

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Mantle Downwellings

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71

Seismic Imaging of the Downwelling Indian Lithosphere Beneath Central Tibet

Frederik Tilmann, James Ni · Science · 2003 · 356 citations

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Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle

Brandon Schmandt, Steven D. Jacobsen, T. W. Becker et al. · Science · 2014 · 355 citations

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Mantle plumes control magnetic reversal frequency

Roger L. Larson, Peter Olson · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1991 · 296 citations

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Effects of multiple phase transitions in a three‐dimensional spherical model of convection in Earth's mantle

Paul Tackley, D. J. Stevenson, Gary A. Glatzmaier et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1994 · 246 citations · Full text

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Mantle thermal structure and active upwelling during continental breakup in the North Atlantic

W. Steven Holbrook, H. C. Larsen, Jun Korenaga et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2001 · 239 citations

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Authors

157

  1. GS
    G. Schubert

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    7 publications · 647 citations

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  2. DL
    D. L. Bindschadler

    Brown University, United States

    5 publications · 399 citations

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  3. PT
    Paul Tackley

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 521 citations

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  4. GA
    G. A. Houseman

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 302 citations

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  5. CP
    Clinton P. Conrad

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    4 publications · 355 citations

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Institutions

106

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    676 citations

  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    900 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    213 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    318 citations

  6. Carnegie Institution for Science

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    472 citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    846 citations

  8. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    168 citations

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Venues

  1. Geophysical Research Letters

    16 publications · 725 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 9 publications · 917 citations

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  3. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 8 publications · 438 citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    7 publications · 739 citations

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  5. Science

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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