Fate of mantle plume material trapped within a lithospheric catchment with reference to Brazil

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hot spots; Mantle plumes; Martin vaz; Passive margins

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746499433     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000464     Document Type: Article

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