The sublithospheric mantle as the source of continental flood basalts; the case against the continental lithosphere and plume head reservoirs

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 1994, Pages 269-280

  Anderson, Don L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERIC PULL-APART; LOW DENSITY; LOW VISCOSITY; MAGMA SOURCE; SUBLITHOSPHERIC MANTLE;

EID: 0028197768     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(94)90273-9     Document Type: Article

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