Implications of the temporal distribution of high-Mg magmas for mantle plume volcanism through time

Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-158

  Isley, Ann E ^a   Abbott, Dallas H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; MANTLE PLUME; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0036121923     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338553     Document Type: Article

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