Temperature and melting of a ridge-centred plume with application to Iceland. Part II: Predictions for electromagnetic and seismic observables

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1097-1111

  Kreutzmann, A ^a   Schmeling, H ^a   Junge, A ^a   Ruedas, T ^a,b   Marquart, G ^a,c   Bjarnason, I Th ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Dansk Lithosfærecenter ^*  (Denmark)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Hotspots; Iceland plume; Magnetotellurics; Melt; Mid ocean ridges; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4344566517     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02397.x     Document Type: Article

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