On the uncertainties in hot spot reconstructions and the significance of moving hot spot reference frames

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  O'Neill, Craig ^a,b   Müller, Dietmar ^a   Steinberger, Bernhard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Indo atlantic; Plumes; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144473194     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000784     Document Type: Article

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