Major element records of variable plume involvement in the North Atlantic Province Tertiary flood basalts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1155-1176

  Scarrow, J H ^a   Curran, J M ^b   Kerr, A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Fe rich mantle; Large igneous provinces; North Atlantic Tertiary Province; Restricted MgO major element datasets

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MANTLE PLUME;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034234889     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.7.1155     Document Type: Article

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