Understanding cratonic flood basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 190-201

  G Silver, Paul ^a   Behn, Mark D ^a   Kelley, Katherine ^a   Schmitz, Mark ^a   Savage, Brian ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

craton; flood basalts; lithosphere

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC-DECOMPRESSION MELTING; BASALTIC OUTPOURING; FLOOD BASALTS; LITHOSPHERIC CONTROL; STRESS PERTURBATION; SUBLITHOSPHERIC RESERVOIRS;

GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; MELTING; VOLCANOES;

BASALT;

CRATON; FLOOD BASALT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING;

EID: 33645464400     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.050     Document Type: Article

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