Magmatic and tectonic evolution of the North Atlantic

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-42

  Mjelde, Rolf ^a   Breivik, A J ^b   Raum, T ^a   Mittelstaedt, E ^c   Ito, G ^c   Faleide, J I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEODYNAMICS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EAST GREENLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; ICELAND; JAN MAYEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 38949184941     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-018     Document Type: Article

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