Mafic-ultramafic Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Importance of the Pre-Mesozoic record

Episodes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Ernst, Richard E ^a,b  

^a Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FELSIC ROCK; FLOOD BASALT; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KOMATIITE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; THOLEIITE;

EID: 34547740051     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2007/v30i2/005     Document Type: Article

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