Seismic activity at Cadamosto seamount near Fogo Island, Cape Verdes - formation of a new ocean island?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 552-558

  Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Helffrich, George ^b   Faria, Bruno ^c   Booth Rea, Guillermo ^a   Schnabel, Michael ^b   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mindelo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Dynamics: seismotectonics; Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism; Subaqueous volcanism; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEAMOUNT; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; FOGO;

EID: 74549159692     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04440.x     Document Type: Article

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