Lower crustal erosion induced by mantle diapiric upwelling: Constraints from sedimentary basin formation followed by voluminous basalt volcanism in northwest Kyushu, Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 415-429

  Nakada, Masao ^a   Yanagi, Takeru ^a   Maeda, Shun'ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basalt flows; Crustal thinning; Diapirs; Ductility; Lower crust; Sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EROSION; MANTLE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UPWELLING; VOLCANISM;

JAPAN, KYUSHU;

EID: 0030801629     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00245-2     Document Type: Article

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