Subsidence and growth of Pacific Cretaceous plateaus

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 85-100

  Ito, Garrett ^a   Clift, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; East Pacific Ocean Islands; Flood basalt; Hot spot; Mantle plumes; Pacific Ocean; Subsidence; Underplating; West Pacific Ocean Islands

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; SUBSIDENCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032448564     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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