How many Pacific hotspots are fed by deep-mantle plumes?

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 695-698

  Clouard, Valérie ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Hotspot track; Mantle plume; Oceanic plateau; Pacific plate

Indexed keywords

MANTLE;

BASALT; BATHYMETRY; RADIOMETRY; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE MOTION; SEAMOUNT; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879883320     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0695:HMPHAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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