A dynamic model for the Iceland Plume and the North Atlantic based on tomography and gravity data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-52

  Marquart, Gabriele ^a   Schmeling, Harro ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geoid anomalies; Gravity anomalies; Iceland; Mantle viscosity; North Atlantic; Tomography

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND;

EID: 5144230463     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02398.x     Document Type: Article

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