Time variation in igneous volume flux of the Hawaii-Emperor hot spot seamount chain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Van Ark, Emily ^a   Lin, Jian ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Admittance; Hawaii Emperor; Hot spot; Igneous flux variability; Marine gravity; Northwest Pacific

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; PLATE MOTION; SEAMOUNT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EMPEROR SEAMOUNTS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14344263039     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002949     Document Type: Article

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