Magma flow inferred from anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in the coastal Paraná-Etendeka igneous province: Evidence for rifting before flood volcanism

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1131-1134

  Glen, Jonathan M G ^a   Renne, Paul R ^a   Milner, Simon C ^b   Coe, Robert S ^c  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; FABRIC ORIENTATION; FLOOD VOLCANISMS; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA FLOW DIRECTION; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; SHAPE ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR; VOLCANISM; ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; FLOOD VOLCANISM; MAGMA FLOW; PARANA-ETENDEKA IGNEOUS PROVINCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ETENDEKA; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NAMIBIA; PARANA [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARANA PROVINCE;

EID: 0031408733     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1131:MFIFAO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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