Assessing the heterogeneous source of the Azores mantle plume
The Azores islands in the central North-Atlantic are the subaerial parts of a large oceanic plateau that is best explained by the presence of a mantle plume that arrived in the vicinity of the Mid-Atlantic ridge (MAR) some 40 Ma ago. Recent volcanic activity either side of the MAR implies that this...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2013
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