The Kalkarindji continental flood basalt province: A new Cambrian large igneous province in Australia with possible links to faunal extinctions

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-464

  Glass, Linda M ^a,b   Phillips, David ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Pterodia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ar dating; Australia; Cambrian; Flood basalt; Mass extinctions; Plagioclase

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; PLAGIOCLASE;

ARGON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASALT;

CAMBRIAN; FAUNA; FELDSPAR; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745301402     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22122.1     Document Type: Article

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