Is small scale convection responsible for the formation of thick igneous crust along volcanic passive margins?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3-1-3-4

  Ghods, Abdolreza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; IGNEOUS ROCKS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

VISCOSITY LAW;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONVECTION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PASSIVE MARGIN; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0037095865     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl014408     Document Type: Article

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