Lithospheric controls on melt production during continental breakup at slow rates of extension: Application to the North Atlantic

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Armitage, J J ^a,b   Henstock, T J ^a   Minshull, T A ^a   Hopper, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hatton bank; Magmatism; Ridge jump; Ridge hot spot interaction; Southeast greenland margin

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749122320     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002404     Document Type: Article

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