Crustal intrusion beneath the Louisville hotspot track

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Contreras Reyes, E ^a,b   Grevemeyer, I ^a   Watts, A B ^c   Planert, L ^a   Flueh, E R ^a   Peirce, C ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crustal structure; flexure; gravity anomalies; hotspots; intrusion; Louisville Ridge

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC PLATE MODELS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOT TRACKS; HOTSPOTS; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PACIFIC PLATES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

BUILDINGS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EMPLACEMENT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

KENTUCKY; LOUISVILLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449126491     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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