Mantle plume or slab window?: Physical and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Caribbean oceanic plateau

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 283-293

  Hastie, Alan R ^a   Kerr, Andrew C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean oceanic plateau; Cura ao; mantle plume; primary magma; slab window

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CARIBBEAN PLATE; HOT SPOT; MAGMA; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PLATEAU; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CURACAO; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

EID: 74249094448     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.11.001     Document Type: Review

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