Prediction of Emperor-Hawaii seamount locations from a revised model of global plate motion and mantle flow

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6996, 2004, Pages 167-173

  Steinberger, Bernhard ^a,d,e   Sutherland, Rupert ^b   O'Connell, Richard J ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; THERMAL PLUMES;

INTRAPLATE DEFORMATIONS; MOTION RECONSTRUCTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; SEAMOUNT; TRAJECTORY;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MOTION; OCEANIC REGIONS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

EMPEROR SEAMOUNTS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 3142580387     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02660     Document Type: Article

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