Melting, dehydration, and the dynamics of off-axis plume-ridge interaction

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Hall, Paul S ^a   Kincaid, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Melting; Plume; Ridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544362929     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000567     Document Type: Article

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