Numerical modelling of a mantle plume: The plume head-lithosphere interaction in the formation of an oceanic large igneous province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 379-396

  d'Acremont, Elia ^a   Leroy, Sylvie ^a   Burov, Evgenii B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lithospheric scale; Mantle plume; Numerical model; Oceanic large igneous province

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0037441701     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01058-0     Document Type: Article

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