ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Existing models assume that the thickened crust beneath seamounts is the result of a surface volcanic load flexing an elastic plate. New results suggest that flexed oceanic crust beneath the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is underlain by a 4-km thick deep crustal body. We intepret the body ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/315105a0
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