The onset of the North Atlantic Igneous Province in a rifting perspective

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-325

  Hansen, Jogvan ^a   Jerram, D A ^a   McCaffrey, K ^a   Passey, S R ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Jardfeingi Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; North Atlantic; Orogenic sutures; Rifting

Indexed keywords

BASALT;

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS PRODUCTS; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC IGNEOUS PROVINCE; OROGENIC SUTURES; REGIONAL SCALE; RIFTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; OROGENY; RIFTING; SUTURE ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70349376921     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809006347     Document Type: Article

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