From flood basalts to the inception of oceanization: Example from the 40Ar/39Ar high-resolution picture of the Karoo large igneous province

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Jourdan, F ^a,b   Feraud G ^a   Bertrand, H ^c   Watkeys, M K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Continental flood basalt; Geochronology; Karoo; Large igneous province; Rifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447636726     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001392     Document Type: Article

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