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

Date

Authors

Kincaid, Christopher

Druken, K A

Griffiths, Ross

Stegman, D R

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Abstract

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

Keywords

Keywords: magmatism; mantle plume; plate boundary; plate convergence; subduction; tectonic wedge; volcanism; Idaho; Snake River Plain; United States; Yellowstone Volcanic Plateau

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74411

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Nature Geoscience

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1038/ngeo1774

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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