V-shaped ridges around Iceland: Implications for spatial and temporal patterns of mantle convection

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Jones, Stephen M ^a   White, Nicky ^a   Maclennan, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Iceland Mantle Plume; Northern Component Water; time dependent convection; V shaped ridges

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME-DEPENDENT FLOW;

FIELD PLOTTING;

EID: 84975686836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000361     Document Type: Article

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