Ridge-plume interactions or mantle heterogeneity near Ascension Island?

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-118

  Minshull, T A ^a   Bruguier, N J ^a   Brozena, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTURE ZONE; ISO-STATIC SUPPORTS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; PLUME INTERACTION; PROPAGATING RIFT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PLUME; RESIDUAL DEPTH ANOMALY; RIDGE/PLUME INTERACTION;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031972132     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0115:RPIOMH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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