A seismological study of the mantle beneath Iceland
Iceland has long been thought to be underlain by a thermal upwelling, or plume, rising from deep within the mantle. This study tests this hypothesis, by a) seeking evidence for a plume in the lower mantle in azimuth anomalies at the NORSAR array and b) mapping the three-dimensional structure of the...
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2000
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| Online Access: | http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4609/ http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4609/1/4609_2073.PDF |