Test of a ridge-plume interaction model using oceanic crustal structure around Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 205-218

  Jones, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotspot reference frame; Iceland; Mantle plumes; Oceanic crustal structure; Ridge plume interaction

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; SEGMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND; REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 0037473251     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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