Measuring the pulse of a plume with the sedimentary record

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6636, 1997, Pages 888-891

  White, Nicky ^a   Lovell, Bryan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; MAGMATIC UNDERPLATING; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTATION; UPLIFT;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030858458     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43151     Document Type: Article

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