Large Igneous Provinces

Encyclopedia of Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 315-323

  Coffin, M F ^a   Eldholm, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

BASIN FLOOD; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; CRUSTALS; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISMS; NEAR SURFACES; OCEAN BASINS; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

BASALT;

EID: 33847627944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369396-9/00455-X     Document Type: Chapter

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