Crust generated above the Iceland mantle plume: From continental rift to oceanic spreading center

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B10, 1999, Pages 22885-22902

  Smallwood, John R ^a,b   Staples, Robert K ^a,c   Richardson, K Ruth ^a,c   White, Robert S ^a   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^a   Einarsson, Páll ^a   England, Richard ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^a   Maguire, Peter ^a   McBride, John ^a   Menke, William ^a   Minshull, Tim ^a   Snyder, Dave ^a   Worthington, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ICELAND;

EID: 0033543836     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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