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Hotspot tracks in the South Atlantic located above bands of fast flowing asthenosphere driven by waning pulsations from the African LLSVP

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Published in 2018 at "Gondwana Research"

DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.05.014

Abstract: Abstract The location and crustal structure of hotspot tracks in the South Atlantic reflect where melts related to sluggishly flowing plume material can reach the plate surface. This raises the paradox of how long-lived, age… read more here.

Keywords: tracks south; flowing asthenosphere; african llsvp; south atlantic ... See more keywords