A near-ridge origin for seamounts at the southern terminus of the Pratt-Welker Seamount Chain, northeast Pacific Ocean

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1021-1031

  Cousens, Brian ^a   Dostal, Jarda ^b   Hamilton, T S ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; SEAMOUNT; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATT-WELKER SEAMOUNT CHAIN;

EID: 0033491445     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-008     Document Type: Article

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