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Thermally-driven mantle plumes reconcile multiple hot-spot observations

Date

Authors

Davies, Rhodri

Davies, J

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Hot-spots are anomalous regions of magmatism that cannot be directly associated with plate tectonic processes. They are widely-regarded as the surface expression of upwelling mantle plumes. Hot-spots exhibit variable life-spans, magmatic productivity and

Keywords

Keywords: hot-spots; mantle plumes; multi-resolution; multigrid-refinement; paleomagnetism; plate tectonics; Dynamics; Geomagnetism; Minerals; Multiresolution analysis; Plates (structural components); Thermal plumes; Three dimensional; Tectonics; hot spot; mantle c hot-spots; mantle plumes; multi-resolution; multigrid-refinement; paleomagnetism; plate tectonics

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65291

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.027

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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