Location of Louisville hotspot and origin of Hollister Ridge: Geophysical constraints

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Géli, Louis ^a   Aslanian, Daniel ^a   Olivet, Jean Louis ^a   Vlastelic, Ivan ^a   Dosso, Laure ^a   Guillou, Hervé ^b   Bougault, Henri ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Intraplate processes; Louisville Ridge

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PLATE MOTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032535842     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00217-9     Document Type: Article

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