Azores hotspot signature in the upper mantle

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-34

  Silveira, Graça ^a,b   Stutzmann, Eléonore ^c   Davaille, Anne ^c   Montagner, Jean Paul ^c   Mendes Victor, L ^a   Sebai, Amal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Azores; hotspot; mantle; seismic tomography; thermal plume

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DEEP SEISMIC STRUCTURE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TOMORAPHIC MODELS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

TECTONICS;

HOT SPOT; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UPPER MANTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745911158     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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