The "plate" model for the genesis of melting anomalies

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-28

  Foulger, Gillian R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Hotspot; Iceland; Plate; Plume

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLATING; TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; HAWAII; HOT SPOT; ICELANDS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; NEAR-SURFACE MATERIALS; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; PLUME;

MELTING;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FERTILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERE; MELT; MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUME; SEAMOUNT; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE; THOLEIITE; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

HIKURANGI PLATEAU; ICELAND; MANIHIKI PLATEAU; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84887039506     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(01)     Document Type: Article

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