Plumes and hotspots as sources of greenstone belts

Lithos

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 113-127

  Abbott, D H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENSTONE BELT; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MORB; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 0029773206     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4937(95)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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