Ophiolite obduction pulses as a proxy indicator of superplume events?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 407-416

  Vaughan, Alan P M ^a   Scarrow, Jane H ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mid Cretaceous; Ophiolite; Pennsylvanian Permian; Superplume; Taconic

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MANTLE PLUME; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; PHANEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

EID: 0041821484     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00330-3     Document Type: Article

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