Atypical hotspot chains: Evidence for a secondary melting zone below the Marquesas (French Polynesia)

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Legendre, Christelle ^a   Maury, René C ^a   Blais, Sylvain ^b   Guillou, Hervé ^c   Cotten, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MELTING; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC PLATE; VOLCANISM;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 33744800318     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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