Intraplate Seamounts as a Window into Deep Earth Processes
Seamounts are windows into the deep Earth that are helping to elucidate various deep Earth processes. For example, thermal and mechanical properties of oceanic lithosphere can be determined from the flexing of oceanic crust caused by the growth of seamounts on top of it. Seamount trails also are exc...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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