Global pulsations of intraplate magmatism through the Cenozoic

Lithosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-376

  Mjelde, Rolf ^a   Wessel, Paul ^b   Müller, R Dietmar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE INTERACTION; DOMINANT PERIODS; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; PERIODIC HEATING; SPREADING RIDGE; SURFACE EXPRESSION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CENOZOIC; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PERIODICITY;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 78549250791     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L107.1     Document Type: Article

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