Flow of Canary mantle plume material through a subcontinental lithospheric corridor beneath Africa to the Mediterranean

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-286

  Duggen, S ^a,b   Hoernle, K A ^a   Hauff, F ^a   Klugel A ^c   Bouabdellah, M ^d   Thirlwall, M F ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFT; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; LATERAL FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC PLATE; SUBCONTINENTAL MANTLE; UPWELLING PLUME; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL PLUMES;

MATERIALS;

AFRICAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LAVA FLOW; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PROCESS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 69649093914     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25426A.1     Document Type: Article

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