Ridge suction drives plume-ridge interactions.

• Main Authors: Niu, Y, Hékinian, R
• Other Authors: Hékinian, R., Stoffers, P., Cheminee, J. L.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2004
• Subjects: Mantle plumes; Ocean ridges; Ridge suction; Antarctic; Bouvet; Gomez; Gough; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Pacific; Reykjanes; Salas; Tristan; Antarc*; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/666/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18782-7_10

Deep-sourced mantle plumes, if existing, are genetically independent of plate tectonics. When the ascending plumes approach lithospheric plates, interactions between the two occur. Such interactions are most prominent near ocean ridges where the lithosphere is thin and the effect of plumes is best r...