Upper mantle viscosity and lithospheric thickness under Iceland

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 260-270

  Barnhoorn, Auke ^a   van der Wal, Wouter ^a,b   Drury, Martyn R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creep; Deformation mechanism; Melt content; Mid ocean ridge; Plume; Rheology; Water content

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RHEOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT; WEICHSELIAN;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 79960642281     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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