A geometric technique for relocating hotspots and refining absolute plate motions

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6631, 1997, Pages 365-369

  Wessel, Paul ^a   Kroenke, Loren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GEOMETRIC TECHNIQUE; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; PLATE MOTION; SEAMOUNT; SEAMOUNTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC, HOLLISTER RIDGE; PACIFIC, LOUISVILLE HOTSPOT;

EID: 0030621326     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387365a0     Document Type: Article

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