Discrete alternating hotspot islands formed by interaction of magma transport and lithospheric flexure

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6720, 1999, Pages 604-607

  Hieronymus, Christoph F ^a   Bercovici, David ^b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

HAWAIIA; LOA;

EID: 0033580323     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17584     Document Type: Article

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