Phanerozoic hot spot traces and paleogeographic reconstructions of the Siberian continent based on interaction with the African large low shear velocity province

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-59

  Kuzmin, Mikhail I ^a   Yarmolyuk, Vladimir V ^b   Kravchinsky, Vadim A ^c  

^a ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Icelandic hot spot; Intraplate magmatism; Isotopic composition; Mantle plume; Paleomagnetism; Rare element; Reconstructions; Siberia; Siberian traps

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

SIBERIA;

EID: 77955569269     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.06.004     Document Type: Review

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