Eustasy as a test of a cretaceous superplume hypothesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Hardebeck, Jeanne ^a   Anderson, Don L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Eustacy; Superplumes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRETACEOUS SUPERPLUME; EUSTASY; EUSTATIC CHANGES; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SUPERPLUME;

EID: 0029751233     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00222-x     Document Type: Article

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