Reevaluation of plate motion models based on hotspot tracks in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-26

  Baksi, Ajoy K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE MOTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033018386     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314329     Document Type: Article

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