A plume head melting under a rifting margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 161-177

  Leitch, A M ^a   Davies, G F ^a   Wells, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Mantle plume; North America; Oceanic crust; Rifting

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032456852     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00147-2     Document Type: Article

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