Hotspot activity and plume pulses recorded by geometry of spreading axes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 31-47

  Abelson, Meir ^a,b   Agnon, Amotz ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Fracture strength; Hot spots; Mechanisms; Mid ocean ridges; Plumes

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SPREADING CENTER;

EID: 0034943520     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00331-4     Document Type: Article

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