Origin and evolution of a submarine large igneous province: The Kerguelen Plateau and Broken Ridge, southern Indian Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-89

  Frey, F A ^a   Coffin, M F ^b   Wallace, P J ^c   Weis, D ^d   Zhao, X ^e   Wise Jr , S W ^f   Wahnert V ^g   Teagle, D A H ^h   Saccocia, P J ⁱ   Reusch, D N ^j   Pringle, M S ^k   Nicolaysen, K E ^a   Neal, C R ^l   Muller R D ^m   Moore, C L ⁿ   Mahoney, J J ^o   Keszthelyi, L ^p   Inokuchi, H ^q   Duncan, R A ^r   Delius, H ^s   Damuth, J E ^t   Damasceno, D ^d   Coxall, H K ^u   Borre, M K ^v   Boehm, F ^w   Barling, J ^x   Arndt, N T ^y   Antretter, M ^z   more..

^a Atmosph Planet Sci M   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^k SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^m Univ S   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^r OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^v TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^w GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^y Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Broken Ridge; Continental crust; Explosive eruptions; Geochemistry; Igneous rocks; Kerguelen Plateau; Ocean Drilling Program

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATEAU; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

BROKEN RIDGE; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 0034723977     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00315-5     Document Type: Article

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