Skip to main content

and
  1. No Access

    Article

    Failure of plume theory to explain midplate volcanism in the southern Austral islands

    It has long been recognized that the properties of the Cook–Austral chain (Fig. 1) of volcanoes in the South Pacific are difficult to reconcile with the theory that volcanic activity in plate interiors is produce...

    M. K. McNutt, D. W. Caress, J. Reynolds, K. A. Jordahl, R. A. Duncan in Nature (1997)

  2. No Access

    Article

    Tomographic image of the magma chamber at 12°50' N on the East Pacific Rise

    THE East Pacific Rise at 12°50' N (Fig. 1) is a fast-spreading ridge with intense hydrothermal activity1, and ophiolite studies2and thermal modelling3 indicate that this is a likely setting for a magma chamber. A...

    M. S. Burnett, D. W. Caress, J. A. Orcutt in Nature (1989)