Thermal evolution of the Central Atlantic passive margins: Continental break-up above a Mesozoic super-plume

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 491-495

  Wilson, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Flood basalts; Magmatism; Mesozoic; Plumes

Indexed keywords

BASALTS; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; PASSIVE MARGIN; PASSIVE MARGINS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030758372     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0491     Document Type: Article

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