Large igneous provinces (LIPs), giant dyke swarms, and mantle plumes: Significance for breakup events within Canada and adjacent regions from 2.5 Ga to the present

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 695-739

  Ernst, Richard ^a   Bleeker, Wouter ^b  

^a Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBONATITES; COMPLETE INFORMATION; CRUSTAL BLOCK; DYKE SWARMS; FLOOD BASALT; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HIGH-PRECISION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE PLUME; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR; NEOARCHEAN; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; PRECAMBRIAN; SHORT DURATION PULSE; SUPERCONTINENTS; TEST MODELS;

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLUMBING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES;

GALLIUM;

BREAKAGE; CARBONATITE; CRATON; DIKE SWARM; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; PHANEROZOIC; RIFTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77958118095     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-025     Document Type: Article

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