Investigating large igneous province formation and associated paleoenvironmental events: A white paper for scientific drilling

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4-18

  Neal, Clive R ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^b   Arndt, Nicholas T ^c   Duncan, Robert A ^d   Eldholm, Olav ^e   Erba, Elisabetta ^f   Farnetani, Cinzia ^g   Fitton, J Godfrey ^h   Ingle, Stephanie P ^b   Ohkouchi, Nao ⁱ   Rampino, Michael R ^j   Reichow, Marc K ^k   Self, Stephen ^l   Tatsumi, Yoshiyuki ⁱ  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349213002     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/sd-6-4-2008     Document Type: Article

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