Asthenospheric and lower-lithospheric mantle contributions to continental extensional magmatism: An example from the British Tertiary Province

Chemical Geology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 1-15

  Thompson, R N ^a   Morrison, M A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0023761642     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(88)90082-4     Document Type: Article

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