Global hotspot maps

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 19-29

  Anderson, Don L ^a   Schramm, Kimberly A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspots; Melting anomalies; Midplate; Plumes; Stress; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

MELTING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESSES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; HOTSPOTS; INDIVIDUAL FEATURES; ISOLATED STRUCTURES; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MIDPLATE; PLUMES; SEAMOUNT CHAINS;

VOLCANOES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; MAPPING METHOD; MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUME; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 84874974598     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.19     Document Type: Article

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