Anomalously thin transition zone and apparently isotropic upper mantle beneath Bermuda: Evidence for upwelling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4282-4291

  Benoit, Margaret H ^a   Long, Maureen D ^b   King, Scott D ^c  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bermuda; edge driven convection; hotspot; mantle; plume

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; HOT SPOT; MANTLE; PLUME;

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

BUOYANCY;

AZIMUTH; HEAT FLOW; HOT SPOT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING; WAVE SPLITTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 84888985917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20277     Document Type: Article

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