Variations in magmatic processes along the East Greenland volcanic margin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 755-782

  Voss, Max ^a   Schmidt aursch, Mechita C ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Continental margins: divergent; Crustal structure; Hotspots; Large igneous provinces; Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; VOLCANISM;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 64849086162     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04077.x     Document Type: Article

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