Patterns of intraplate volcanism controlled by asthenospheric shear

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 317-321

  Conrad, Clinton P ^a,c,d   Bianco, Todd A ^a,c,d   Smith, Eugene I ^b   Wessel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters   (Norway)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CRACKING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; SHEAR FLOW; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79955641262     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1111     Document Type: Article

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