Weddell triple junction: The principal focus of Ferrar and Karoo magmatism during initial breakup of Gondwana

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-542

  Elliot, D H ^a   Fleming, T H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrar; Geochemistry; Karoo; Tectonics; Weddell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RIFTS; ANTARCTICA; BASALTIC ROCKS; EARLY JURASSIC; FERRAR; GOLDEN GATE; JURASSIC; KAROO; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MAGMATISMS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; SINGLE SOURCE; THERMAL ANOMALIES; TRIPLE JUNCTION; WEDDELL; WEDDELL SEA;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

TECTONICS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THOLEIITE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANTARCTICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0034432559     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<539:WTJTPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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