Potential effects of hydrothermal circulation and magmatism on heatflow at hotspot swells

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 261-274

  Stein, Carol A ^a   Von Herzen, Richard P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heatflow; Hotspot; Mantle plume; Swell

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SWELLING;

FLUID CIRCULATION; HOT SPOT; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STATE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COOLING; FLUID; HEAT FLOW; HOT SPOT; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE;

BERMUDA; CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 75749146194     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(13)     Document Type: Article

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