Interaction of mantle plumes and migrating mid-ocean ridges: Implications for the Galápagos plume-ridge system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 15403-15417

  Ito, Garrett ^a,d   Lin, Jian ^b   Gable, Carl W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MIGRATING RIDGES; RIDGE MIGRATION;

PACIFIC, GALAPAGOS RIDGE;

EID: 0031441502     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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