Why was flood volcanism on submerged continental platforms so common in the Precambrian?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 155-164

  Arndt, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; PRECAMBRIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

EID: 0033403670     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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