Early Cretaceous basaltic and rhyolitic magmatism in southern Uruguay associated with the opening of the South Atlantic

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1413-1438

  Kirstein, Linda A ^a,b   Peate, David W ^c   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a   Turner, Simon P ^a   Harris, Chris ^d   Mantovani, Marta S M ^e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crustal melts; Felsic volcanics; Flood basalts; Plume; South America

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRETACEOUS; FELSIC ROCK; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; RHYOLITE;

URUGUAY;

EID: 0033823697     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.9.1413     Document Type: Article

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