Cenozoic magmatism in the western Ross embayment: Role of mantle plume versus plate dynamics in the development of the West Antarctic Rift System

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Rocchi, Sergio ^a   Armienti, Pietro ^a   D'Orazio, Massimo ^a   Tonarini, Sonia ^b   Wijbrans, Jan R ^c   Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Magmatism; Plume; Rift

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS EMBAYMENT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037058540     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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