Mantle sources and melting dynamics in the British Palaeogene igneous province

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1023-1040

  Kent, Ray W ^a,b   Fitton, J Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Isles; Magmatism; Melting; North Atlantic; Plume

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; PALEOGENE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034234974     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.7.1023     Document Type: Article

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