Oceanic plateaus: Problematic plumes, potential paradigms

Chemical Geology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 332-353

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a   Mahoney, John J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Plateau; Kerguelen Plateau; Oceanic plateau; Ontong Java Plateau; Thermochemical plume

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; FORMATION MECHANISM; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATEAU; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34249792343     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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