Testing the plume theory

Chemical Geology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 153-176

  Campbell, Ian H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood basalt; Mantle plumes; Picrites; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THICKENING; FLOOD BASALT; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CRUST; PREDICTION; SEISMIC METHOD; SPREADING CENTER; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND;

EID: 34249821898     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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