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A subduction and mantle plume origin for Samoan volcanism

The origin of Samoan volcanism in the southwest Pacific remains enigmatic. Whether mantle melting is solely caused by a mantle plume is questionable because some volcanism, here referred to as non-hotspot volcanism, defies the plume model and its linear age-progression trend. Indeed, non-hotspot vol...

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Autores principales: Strak, Vincent, Schellart, Wouter P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29992964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28267-3