First Results from HOTSPOT: The Snake River Plain Scientific Drilling Project, Idaho, U.S.A.

HOTSPOT is an international collaborative effort to understand the volcanic history of the Snake River Plain (SRP). The SRP overlies a thermal anomaly, the Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot, that is thought to represent a deep-seated mantle plume under North America. The primary goal of this project i...

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Main Authors: J. W. Shervais, D. R. Schmitt, D. Nielson, J. P. Evans, E. H. Christiansen, L. Morgan, W. C. Pat Shanks, A. A. Prokopenko, T. Lachmar, L. M. Liberty, D. D. Blackwell, J. M. Glen, L. D. Champion, K. E. Potter, J. A. Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Scientific Drilling
Online Access:http://www.sci-dril.net/15/36/2013/sd-15-36-2013.pdf