Submarine Fernandina: Magmatism at the leading edge of the Galápagos hot spot

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Geist, Dennis J ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^b   Kurz, Mark D ^b   Harpp, Karen S ^c   Soule, S Adam ^b   Perfit, Michael R ^d   Koleszar, Alison M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gal pagos; Magmatic; Rift zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549098240     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001290     Document Type: Article

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