Mantle flow beneath Arabia offset from the opening Red Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chang, Sung Joon ^a   Merino, Miguel ^a   Van Der Lee, Suzan ^a   Stein, Seth ^a   Stein, Carol A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; GULF OF ADEN; HOT MATERIALS; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERIC; LOW VELOCITIES; MANTLE FLOW; RED SEA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC TRAVELTIMES; WAVE FORMS;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; MANTLE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TRAVEL TIME; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 79951870536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045852     Document Type: Article

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