Giant meteoroid impacts can cause volcanism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 219-232

  Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Flood basalt; Impact; Mantle melt; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE MELT; METEOROID IMPACTS; VOLCANISM;

BASALT; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

METEOR IMPACTS;

BOLIDE; FLOOD BASALT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 27744456447     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.07.029     Document Type: Article

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