Recognizing mantle plumes in the geological record

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 469-523

  Ernst, Richard E ^a   Buchan, Kenneth L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyke swarm; FOZO; Isotope; Large igneous province (LIP); Mantle root; Rift

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COMPOSITION; FLOODS; ISOTOPES;

MANTLE PLUMES;

GEOLOGY;

LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME; TRIPLE JUNCTION; UPLIFT;

EID: 0041750453     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.145500     Document Type: Article

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