Rift-plume interaction in the North Atlantic

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1723, 1997, Pages 319-339

  White, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEAN CRUST; RIFT-PLUME INTERACTION; RIFT/PLUME INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH); ICELAND;

EID: 0030775870     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0011     Document Type: Article

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