The OIB paradox

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 387-412

  Fitton, J Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Iceland; Intraplate magmatism; MORB; Niobium

Indexed keywords

BASALT; NIOBIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES;

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; ICELANDS; MAGMATISMS; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; MORB; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI BASALT; BASALT; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIXING; NIOBIUM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTING; UPPER MANTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 44649151599     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(20)     Document Type: Article

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