Is the lower Duarte igneous complex (Hispaniola) a remnant of the Caribbean plume-generated oceanic plateau?

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-120

  Lapierre, Henriette ^a   Dupuis, Vincent ^a,b   De Lépinay, Bernard Mercier ^a,b   Tardy, Marc ^a,c   Ruíz, Joaquín ^a,d   Maury, René C ^a,e   Hernandez, Jean ^a,f   Loubet, Michel ^a,g  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

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EID: 0001461816     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606151     Document Type: Article

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