On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 177-195

  Courtillot, V ^a   Jaupart, C ^a   Manighetti, I ^a   Tapponnier, P ^a   Besse, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Flood basalts; Plate divergence; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FLOOD BASALT; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0033558867     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00282-9     Document Type: Article

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