Paraná flood basalts: Rapid extrusion hypothesis confirmed by new 40Ar/39Ar results

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 747-750

  Thiede, David S ^a   Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; DIRECT LINKS; ERUPTION RATES; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; NEW AGE; RAPID EXTRUSION;

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EXTRUSION;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; PETROLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

BRAZIL; PARANA;

EID: 77955928572     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30919.1     Document Type: Article

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