Mantle processes during Gondwana break-up and dispersal

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 239-261

  Hawkesworth, Chris ^a,c   Kelley, Simon ^a   Turner, Simon ^b   Roex, Anton L E ^b   Storey, Bryan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FLOOD BASALT; GONDWANA; MANTLE PROCESS; MESOZOIC;

EID: 0032826535     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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