The geometric relationship between hot spots and seamounts: implications for Pacific hot spots

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-18

  Wessel, Paul ^a   Kroenke, Loren W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAMOUNT;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031840454     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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