Paleocene on-spreading-axis hotspot volcanism along the Ninetyeast Ridge: An interaction between the Kerguelen hotspot and the Wharton spreading center

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-267

  Krishna, K S ^a   Gopala Rao, D ^a   Subba Raju, L V ^a   Chaubey, A K ^a   Shcherbakov, V S ^b   Pilipenko, A I ^b   Radhakrishna Murthy, I V ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Yuzhmorgeologia ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal transfer; Extra oceanic crust; Kerguelen hotspot; Ninetyeast Ridge; On axis volcanism; Ridge jumps; Wharton Ridge

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; PALEOCENE; SPREADING CENTER; VOLCANISM;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033492464     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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