Long term stability in deep mantle structure: Evidence from the ~ 300 Ma Skagerrak-Centered Large Igneous Province (the SCLIP)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 444-452

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a   Smethurst, Mark A ^a   Burke, Kevin ^b,c   Steinberger, Bernhard ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

core mantle boundary; deep mantle stability; Large Igneous Provinces; large low shear velocity provinces; Pangea; plate reconstructions; plumes

Indexed keywords

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEEP MANTLE STRUCTURE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE;

GEOPHYSICS; LITHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIKE SWARM; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PANGAEA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE CHAD; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 39549092124     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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