Plate velocities in the hotspot reference frame

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 65-78

  Morgan, W Jason ^a   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspots; Mantle plume; Plate motion; Superswell

Indexed keywords

POLES;

CONVECTIVE STABILITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HOTSPOTS; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; PLATE MOTIONS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SUPERSWELL;

VELOCITY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE MOTION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; UPPER MANTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 75749108489     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(76)     Document Type: Article

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