Shape and size of the starting Iceland plume swell

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-282

  Jones, Stephen M ^a   White, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic support; Iceland; Large igneous province; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND;

EID: 0344440983     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00507-7     Document Type: Article

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