Propagation of the Hawaiian-Emperor volcano chain by Pacific plate cooling stress

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 497-506

  Stuart, William D ^a   Foulger, Gillian R ^b   Barall, Michael ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hawaiian Emperor; Pacific plate; Thermoelastic

Indexed keywords

COOLING; STRESSES; THERMOELASTICITY; VOLCANOES;

CHAIN DIRECTION; HAWAIIAN-EMPEROR; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; PACIFIC PLATES; STRESS INCREMENTS; THERMOELASTIC STRESS; THERMOELASTICS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CRACKS;

COOLING; DRAG; EMPLACEMENT; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; PACIFIC PLATE; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION; TENSILE STRESS; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749130387     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(24)     Document Type: Article

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