Plume-driven plumbing and crustal formation in Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Allen, Richard M ^a,b   Nolet, Guust ^a   Morgan, W Jason ^a   Vogfjörd, Kristín ^c   Nettles, Meredith ^d   Ekström, Göran ^d   Bergsson, Bergur H ^c   Erlendsson, Pálmi ^c   Foulger, G R ^e   Jakobsdóttir, Steinunn ^c   Julian, Bruce R ^f   Pritchard, Matt ^e   Ragnarsson, Sturla ^c   Stefánsson, Ragnar ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal formation; Hot spot; Iceland; Melt migration; Oceanic crust; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MOHO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ICELAND;

EID: 0037055954     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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