Flood basalts from eclogite-bearing mantle plumes

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-318

  Leitch, A M ^a   Cordery, M J ^a   Davies, G F ^a   Campbell, I H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE PLUME;

EID: 0031403545     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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