Seismic imaging of melt in a displaced Hawaiian plume

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 657-660

  Rychert, Catherine A ^a   Laske, Gabi ^b   Harmon, Nicholas ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; HOT SPOT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC METHOD; UPWELLING; VOLCANISM;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84881363285     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1878     Document Type: Article

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