Upper-mantle origin of the Yellowstone hotspot

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1245-1256

  Christiansen, Robert L ^a   Foulger, G R ^a   Evans, John R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helium; Hot spots; Mantle plumes; Tomography; Upper mantle; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

BASALT; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; TECTONIC SETTING; TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036811033     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1245:UMOOTY>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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