Growth and dispersal of a Southeast African large igneous province

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 379-386

  Gohl, K ^a   Uenzelmann Neben, G ^a   Grobys, N ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EPISODIC EVENT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AGULHAS PLATEAU; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; MOZAMBIQUE RIDGE;

EID: 79960811318     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.114.3-4.379     Document Type: Article

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