Rifting above a mantle plume: Structure and development of the Iceland Plateau

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-80

  Bourgeois, Olivier ^a   Dauteuil, Olivier ^b   Hallot, Erwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Growth fault; Hotspot; Magma chamber; Ridge; Rollover

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 20844433705     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.18.59-80     Document Type: Article

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