A recipe for microcontinent formation

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-206

  Müller, R Dietmar ^a   Gaina, Carmen ^a   Roest, Walter R ^b   Hansen, David Lundbek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crustal accretion; Microcontinents; Plumes; Sea floor spreading; Terranes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035274754     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0203:arfmf>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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