Plume-ridge interaction, lithospheric stresses, and the origin of near-ridge volcanic lineaments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Mittelstaedt, Eric ^a   Ito, Garrett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Galapagos; Hot spot; Lithospheric stress field; Plume ridge interaction; Volcanic lineaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646027641     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000860     Document Type: Article

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