Anomalously thin transition zone beneath the Galápagos hotspot

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-64

  Hooft, Emilie E E ^a,b   Toomey, Douglas R ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle plume; Oceanic hotspot; Upper mantle transition zone

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THINNING; TRANSITION ZONE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 0242497615     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00517-X     Document Type: Article

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