Neogene magmatism northeast of the Aegir and Kolbeinsey ridges, NE Atlantic: Spreading ridge-mantle plume interaction?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Breivik, Asbjørn Johan ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Mjelde, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Iceland plume; Mtra plate magmatism; North Atlantic; Plume spreading ridge interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849099403     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001750     Document Type: Article

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