Superplumes and ridge interactions between Ontong Java and Manihiki Plateaus and the Nova-Canton Trough

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 779-782

  Larson, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

NORMAL FAULTING; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RIFT SYSTEMS; SPREADING RIDGE; SUPERPLUMES;

FAULTING;

ACCRETION; DIVERGENCE; LITHOSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLUME; TROUGH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SUPERPLUME;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; KIRIBATI; PHOENIX ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; MANIHIKI PLATEAU; NOVA-CANTON TROUGH; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031404579     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0779:SARIBO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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