Timescales and mechanisms of plume-lithosphere interactions: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry of alkaline igneous rocks from the Paraná-Etendeka large igneous province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Gibson, S A ^a   Thompson, R N ^b   Day, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; alkaline igneous rocks; large igneous province; mantle plume; Paran Etendeka; Tristan

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MAGMAS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ALKALINE ROCK; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCK; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; TIMESCALE;

EID: 33750384005     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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