Tomographic evidence for a narrow whole mantle plume below Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Bijwaard, Harmen ^a   Spakman, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Iceland; Mantle plumes; Tomography

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0033558868     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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