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Bifurcation of the Yellowstone plume driven by subduction-induced mantle flow

Kincaid, Christopher; Druken, K A; Griffiths, Ross; Stegman, D R

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The causes of volcanism in the northwestern United States over the past 20 million years are strongly contested. Three drivers have been proposed: melting associated with plate subduction; tectonic extension and magmatism resulting from rollback of a subd

dc.contributor.authorKincaid, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorDruken, K A
dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, Ross
dc.contributor.authorStegman, D R
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:28:52Z
dc.identifier.issn1752-0894
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/74411
dc.description.abstractThe causes of volcanism in the northwestern United States over the past 20 million years are strongly contested. Three drivers have been proposed: melting associated with plate subduction; tectonic extension and magmatism resulting from rollback of a subd
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.sourceNature Geoscience
dc.subjectKeywords: magmatism; mantle plume; plate boundary; plate convergence; subduction; tectonic wedge; volcanism; Idaho; Snake River Plain; United States; Yellowstone Volcanic Plateau
dc.titleBifurcation of the Yellowstone plume driven by subduction-induced mantle flow
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume6
dc.date.issued2013
local.identifier.absfor040313 - Tectonics
local.identifier.absfor040403 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
local.identifier.absfor040314 - Volcanology
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB4110
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationKincaid, Christopher, University of Rhode Island
local.contributor.affiliationDruken, K A, University of Rhode Island
local.contributor.affiliationGriffiths, Ross, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationStegman, D R, University of California San Diego
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage395
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage399
local.identifier.doi10.1038/ngeo1774
local.identifier.absseo970104 - Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:21:33Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84877301393
local.identifier.thomsonID000318227000022
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