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Robert S. White
Researcher at University of Cambridge
Publications - 283
Citations - 17681
Robert S. White is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crust & Oceanic crust. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 281 publications receiving 16345 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert S. White include Faraday Institute for Science and Religion & University of Iceland.
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Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts
Robert S. White,Dan McKenzie +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the production of magmatically active rifted margins and the effusion of flood basalts onto the adjacent continents can be explained by a simple model of rifting above a thermal anomaly in the underlying mantle.
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Oceanic crustal thickness from seismic measurements and rare earth element inversions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the igneous section of oceanic crust averages 7.1±0.8 km from anomalous regions such as fracture zones and hot spots, with extremal bounds of 5.0-8.5 km.
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Mantle plumes and flood basalts
Robert S. White,Dan McKenzie +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present new results from the application of McKenzieand O'Nions' (1991) rare earth element inversion scheme to the geochemistry of flood basalts to infer the amount of mantle melting and the depth interval over which it occurred.
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Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland
Freysteinn Sigmundsson,Andrew Hooper,Sigrún Hreinsdóttir,Kristín Vogfjörd,Benedikt G. Ófeigsson,Elías Rafn Heimisson,Stéphanie Dumont,Michelle Parks,Karsten Spaans,Gunnar B. Gudmundsson,Vincent Drouin,Thóra Árnadóttir,Kristín Jónsdóttir,Magnús T. Gudmundsson,Thórdís Högnadóttir,Hildur M. Fridriksdottir,Hildur M. Fridriksdottir,Martin Hensch,Páll Einarsson,Eyjólfur Magnússon,Sergey Samsonov,Bryndís Brandsdóttir,Robert S. White,Thorbjörg Ágústsdóttir,Tim Greenfield,Robert G. Green,Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir,Rikke Pedersen,Richard A. Bennett,Halldór Geirsson,Peter C. La Femina,Helgi Björnsson,Finnur Pálsson,Erik Sturkell,Christopher J. Bean,Martin Möllhoff,Aoife Braiden,Eva P. S. Eibl +37 more
TL;DR: Lateral dyke growth with segment barrier breaking by pressure build-up in the dyke distal end explains how focused upwelling of magma under central volcanoes is effectively redistributed over long distances to create new upper crust at divergent plate boundaries.
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Magmatism at rifted continental margins
Robert S. White,George D. Spence,Susan R. Fowler,Dan McKenzie,Graham K. Westbrook,Adrian N. Bowen +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors observed that the intense volcanism and uplift observed on many rifted continental margins, forming basaltic seaward-dipping reflector sequences, is accompanied by the emplacement of a thick igneous section at depth.