Modelling the composition of melts formed during continental breakup of the Southeast Greenland margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 248-258

  Armitage, John J ^a   Henstock, Timothy J ^a   Minshull, Timothy A ^a   Hopper, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

large igneous province; major element composition; ridge hotspot interaction; Southeast Greenland margin

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEHYDRATION; MELTING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SILICA; TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; RIDGE-HOTSPOT INTERACTION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HOT SPOT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STOKES FORMULA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND MARGIN;

EID: 42649126343     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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