Spatial and temporal variability in Hawaiian hotspot volcanism induced by small-scale convection

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 457-460

  Ballmer, Maxim D ^a,b   Ito, Garrett ^a   Van Hunen, Jeroen ^c   Tackley, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; HOT SPOT; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959997852     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1187     Document Type: Article

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