Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 26-56

  Smith, Robert B ^a   Jordan, Michael ^a,f   Steinberger, Bernhard ^b   Puskas, Christine M ^a   Farrell, Jamie ^a   Waite, Gregory P ^a,c   Husen, Stephan ^a,d   Chang, Wu Lung ^a,g   O'Connell, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

convection; dynamics; earthquakes; hotspot; kinematics; plume; Snake River Plain; tomography; volcanism; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HOT SPOT; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; YELLOWSTONES;

BASALT; BUOYANCY; EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; RIVERS; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEODYNAMICS; GPS; HOT SPOT; IMAGING METHOD; KINEMATICS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM; WAVE VELOCITY;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA; YELLOWSTONE VOLCANIC PLATEAU;

EID: 69249103687     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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