Influence of the Iceland mantle plume on oceanic crust generation in the North Atlantic

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-188

  Parkin, C J ^a   White, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Continental margins: divergent; Controlled source seismology; Hotspots; Mid ocean ridge processes; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOHO; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPREADING CENTER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FAROE ISLANDS; ICELAND BASIN; REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 41249099962     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03689.x     Document Type: Article

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