Structure and morphology of submarine volcanism in the hotspot region around Reunion island, western Indian Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 39-53

  Fretzdorff, S ^a,c   Stoffers, P ^a   Devey, C W ^a   Munschy, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c Geomar   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geophysics; Hotspots; Magmatism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOT SPOT; OCEANIC CRUST; VOLCANISM;

REUNION;

EID: 0032101841     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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