Frontiers in Large Igneous Province research

Lithos

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 271-297

  Ernst, Richard E ^a   Buchan, Kenneth L ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dyke swarm; Flood basalt; Greenstone belt; Komatiite; Large igneous province; Oceanic plateau

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DIKE SWARM; FLOOD BASALT; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MESOZOIC;

EID: 11344252018     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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