Failure of plume theory to explain midplate volcanism in the southern Austral islands

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6650, 1997, Pages 479-482

  McNutt, M K ^a   Caress, D W ^b,c   Reynolds, J ^d   Jordahl, K A ^a   Duncan, R A ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SeaBeam Instruments   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRAPLATE ACTIVITY; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; STRESS; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; GRAVITY; PLUME DISPERSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VOLCANO;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; COOK ISLANDS; PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030768799     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39013     Document Type: Article

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