Protracted felsic magmatic activity associated with the opening of the South Atlantic

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 583-592

  Kirstein, L A ^a   Kelley, S ^a   Hawkesworth, C ^a   Turner, S ^a   Mantovani, M ^a   Wijbrans, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Felsic magmatism; Magmas; Paran Etendeka; South Atlantic; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THINNING; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAMIBIA; URUGUAY;

EID: 0034778834     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.4.583     Document Type: Article

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