The Petrology and Geochemistry of Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin--an Intraplate Alkaline Volcano of Non-Plume Origin

Vesteris Seamount is a solitary alkaline volcano in the Greenland Basin some 280 km NW of Jan Mayen. Topographic and geophysical studies have shown no sign of an associated plume trace. Evidence from ash layers in sediment cores around the volcano and dating of dredged samples show that it has been...

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Published in:Journal of Petrology
Main Authors: HAASE, KARSTEN M., DEVEY, COLIN W.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1994
Subjects:
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Greenland
Jan Mayen
St. Helena
Kolbeinsey
Kolbeinsey Ridge
Greenland Basin
Vesteris Seamount
Online Access:http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/35/2/295
https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/35.2.295

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