Mantle plumes, flood basalts, and thermal models for melt generation beneath continents: Assessment of a conductive heating model and application to the Paraná

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 11503-11518

  Turner, Simon ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Gallagher, Kerry ^b,c   Stewart, Kathy ^a   Peate, David ^a   Mantovani, Marta ^a,c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE HEATING; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE PLUME; MELT GENERATION; PETROGENESIS;

BRAZIL, PARANA;

EID: 0029751653     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00430     Document Type: Article

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