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Shaw & Jackson 1973

Shaw, H.R. and Jackson, E.D. (1973). Linear Island Chains in the Pacific; Result of Thermal Plumes or Gravitational Anchors?. Journal of Geophysical Research 78(35): 8,634-8,652.

Hawaiian tholeiitic volcanic suites and xenoliths, source materials are not pyrolitic, composition (Mg/Mg + Fe ratios), densities, melting anomaly, asthenospheric source, shear melting caused by plate motion, anchors

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	Appendix: Some Factors That Influence Pressure Distribution & Topog.

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Keywords
anchors, asthenosphere, Austral Islands, basalts, composition, density, differentiation, East Pacific Ocean Islands, effects, fractionation, French Polynesia, fusion, gravitational, Hawaii, heat, flow, igneous rocks, inclusions, indicators, island chains, linear, magmas, mantle, melting, models, movement, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, plate tectonics, Polynesia, relation, seismicity, shear, tectonophysics, Tholeiitic, Tuamoto Islands, United States, velocity, volcanic, volcanic rocks, xenoliths, 18, Solid-earth geophysics

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Journal of Geophysical Research
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