Mantle Plumes, Movement of the European Plate, and Polar Wandering

Journal article

Peer reviewed

R. A. Duncan, N. Petersen and R. B. Hargraves

Nature (London), Vol.239(5367), pp.82-86

01/01/1972

Abstract

convection

Eurasian Plate

Europe

indicators

magmatism

mantle

mantle plumes

movement

plate tectonics

processes

Solid-earth geophysics

tectonophysics

Hypothesis that the passage of plates over mantle "hot spots" is marked by plutonic and volcanic zones in the interior of stable cratons

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Title: Mantle Plumes, Movement of the European Plate, and Polar Wandering
Creators - without role: R. A. Duncan - Princeton University
N. Petersen - Princeton University
R. B. Hargraves - Princeton University
Publication Details: Nature (London), Vol.239(5367), pp.82-86
Publisher: Macmillan Journals
Identifiers: 9952923108331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article