Impact induced melting and the development of large igneous provinces

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 551-561

  Jones, Adrian P ^a   Price, G David ^a   Price, Neville J ^a   DeCarli, Paul S ^a,b   Clegg, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Century Dynamics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Impacts; Large igneous provinces; Melting; Simulation; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; HYDRODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELTING; VOLCANISM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037201335     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00824-5     Document Type: Article

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