An oceanic flood basalt province within the Caribbean plate

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 221-235

  Sinton, C W ^a,e   Duncan, R A ^a   Storey, M ^b   Lewis, J ^c   Estrada, J J ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Alfred University ^*  (Colombia)

^e ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ar 40 Ar 39; Caribbean region; Cretaceous; Flood basalts; Oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CRETACEOUS; DSDP; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANIC CRUST;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0031843449     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00214-8     Document Type: Article

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