Preserved paleo-oceanic plateaus in accretionary complexes: Implications for the contributions of the Pacific superplume to global environmental change

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-125

  Utsunomiya, Atsushi ^a   Suzuki, Norihito ^b   Ota, Tsutomu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Mid Cretaceous pulse; Oceanic plateau; Paleoenvironment; The Pacific superplume

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 46149089705     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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