Global warming of the mantle at the origin of flood basalts over supercontinents

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Coltice, N ^a   Phillips, B R ^b   Bertrand, H ^a   Ricard, Y ^a   Rey, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental flood basalts; Large igneous; Mantle convection; Plumes; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUMES; SUPERCONTINENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BASALT; IGNEOUS ROCKS; PETROLOGY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

FLOOD BASALT; HEAT SOURCE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 34248573462     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23240A.1     Document Type: Article

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