On the evolution of large ultramafic magma chambers and timescales for flood basalt eruptions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Karlstrom, Leif ^a   Richards, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; RHEOLOGY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

EID: 80052309919     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008159     Document Type: Article

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