Ocean circulation and mantle melting controlled by radial flow of hot pulses in the Iceland plume

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 558-561

  Poore, Heather ^a   White, Nicky ^a   MacLennan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTH STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTING; RADIAL FLOW; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 79961047759     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1161     Document Type: Article

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