Non-hotspot formation of volcanic chains: Control of tectonic and flexural stresses on magma transport

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 539-554

  Hieronymus, Christoph F ^a   Bercovici, David ^b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Intraplate processes; Lithosphere; Magma transport; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0033789489     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00227-2     Document Type: Article

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