Asymmetric plume-ridge interaction around Iceland: The Kolbeinsey Ridge Iceland Seismic Experiment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hooft, Emilie E E ^a   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^b   Mjelde, Rolf ^c   Shimamura, Hideki ^d   Murai, Yoshio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Musashino Gakuin University   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iceland; Oceanic crust; Plume ridge interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751042363     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001123     Document Type: Article

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