Large igneous provinces and giant dike swarms: Proxies for supercontinent cyclicity and mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 109-122

  Yale, Leslie B ^a   Carpenter, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Convection; Dike swarms; Mantle; Mantle plumes

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; DIKE SWARM; IGNEOUS ROCK; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 0032447878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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