Seismic evidence for a tilted mantle plume and north-south mantle flow beneath Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 261-272

  Shen, Yang ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^b   Bjarnason, Ingi Th ^c   Nolet, Guust ^d   Morgan, W Jason ^d   Allen, Richard M ^d   Vogfjörd, Kristin ^e   Jakobsdóttir, Steinun ^f   Stefánsson, Ragnar ^f   Julian, B R ^g   Foulger, G R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^f ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Discontinuities; Iceland; Mantle plumes; Transition zones

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0036098895     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00494-6     Document Type: Article

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