Iceland, the Farallon slab, and dynamic topography of the North Atlantic

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-180

  Conrad, Clinton P ^a   Lithgow Bertelloni, Carolina ^a   Louden, Keith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azores; Dynamic topography; Iceland; Mantle flow; North Atlantic; Scotian Basin; Seafloor depth

Indexed keywords

DOWNWELLING FLOW; MANTLE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRY; ISOSTASY; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842480957     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20137.1     Document Type: Article

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