Description | Working file (split into two folders) entitled 'Indian Ocean plumes (Réunion) 90°E collected 8/9/93 from earlier stuff'. The file is a collation of data on the tectonic formation of the Indian Ocean, and includes: copies and offprints of published academic papers by others, 1968-2002; letter from Robert 'Bob' White concerning their planned (and unpublished) joint paper with Dave Latin, "Melt generation as a function of plate thickness and plume temperature: from Deccan traps to Réunion", 6 October 1995, with early typescript draft, March 1993; computer generated data sets and plots, 1992-1993; manuscript notes, calculations and bibliographic references, 1993; copies of maps from unknown sources, showing the evolution of the Indian Ocean Basin, notably 'Tectonic Summary Chart of the Indian Ocean'. |
Administrative History | McKenzie noted on the file that the contents concerned "Indian Ocean melting, never published". |