Methods for resolving the origin of large igneous provinces from crustal seismology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Korenaga, Jun ^a   Kelemen, Peter B ^b   Holbrook, W Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Igneous fractionation; Lower crust; Mantle melting; Mantle plumes; Mantle source heterogeneity; North Atlantic igneous province

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

(SOUTHEAST); GREENLAND;

EID: 0037058548     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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