Synchronous emplacement of Ferrar and Karoo dolerites and the early breakup of Gondwana

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 535-538

  Encarnación, John ^a   Fleming, Thomas H ^a   Elliot, David H ^a   Eales, Hugh V ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL PLUMES; ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; MANTLE PLUME; MICROBLOCKS; SHORT-INTERVAL; THERMAL ANOMALIES; WEST ANTARCTICA; WEST GONDWANA; BADDELEYITE;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIABASE; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; FERRAR GROUP; FLOOD BASALT; KARROO SUPERGROUP; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; FERRAR GLACIER; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; AFRICA;

EID: 0029730209     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0535:SEOFAK>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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