Genesis of flood basalts from eclogite-bearing mantle plumes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B9, 1997, Pages 20179-20197

  Cordery, Matthew J ^a,b   Davies, Geoffrey F ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS;

EID: 0031404289     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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