Crustal structure and origin of the Cape Verde Rise

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 422-428

  Pim, J ^a   Peirce, C ^b   Watts, A B ^a   Grevemeyer, I ^c   Krabbenhoeft, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

lithospheric flexure; mid plate swell; seismic structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; DEEP MANTLE; ELASTIC THICKNESS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; HIGH-DENSITY BODIES; LOW DENSITY; LOWER CRUST; OCEANIC CRUSTS; SEISMIC DATA; UPPER MANTLE; UPPERMOST MANTLE STRUCTURE;

LITHOLOGY; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

LANDFORMS;

CONTINENTAL RISE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HEAT FLOW; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MODELING; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 47949131238     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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