First Results from HOTSPOT: The Snake River Plain Scientific Drilling Project, Idaho, U.S.A.

HOTSPOT is an international collaborative effort to understand the volcanic history of the Snake River Plain (SRP). The SRP overlies a thermal anomaly, the Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot, that is thought to represent a deep-seated mantle plume under North America. Theprimary goal of this project is...

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Main Authors: John W. Shervais, James P. Evans, Thomas Lachmar, Katherine E. Potter, James A. Kessler, Douglas R. Schmitt, Dennis Nielson, Eric H. Christiansen, Lisa Morgan, W. C. Pat Shanks, Lee M. Liberty, David D. Blackwell, Jonathan M. Glen, Duane Champion, Alexander A. Prokopenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Scientific Drilling
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Online Access:http://www.iodp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=3650