Building the Cape Verde Islands

Hotspots are enigmatic surface features that are not easily explained in the framework of plate tectonics. Investigating their origin is the goal of this thesis, using field evidence collected in the Cape Verde Islands, a prominent hotspot archipelago in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The approach take...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ramalho, Ricardo A. S.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg, New York Springer c2011.
Series:	Springer theses.
Subjects:	Geophysics > Cabo Verde. Geology > Cabo Verde. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access