Volcanic passive margins

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1395-1408

  Geoffroy, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Dykes; Extension; Normal faults; Small scale mantle convection; Volcanic passive margins

Indexed keywords

DIKE; MANTLE CONVECTION; NORMAL FAULT; PASSIVE MARGIN; VOLCANISM;

EID: 29944433424     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.10.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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