Rapid magma emplacement in the Karoo Large Igneous Province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 325-326, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Svensen, Henrik ^a   Corfu, Fernando ^a   Polteau, Stéphane ^a,b   Hammer, Øyvind ^a   Planke, Sverre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Oslo Innovation Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Global paleoclimate; ID TIMS; Karoo; Large Igneous Province; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ID-TIMS; KAROO; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; PALEOCLIMATES; U-PB AGE;

LEAD; SETTLING TANKS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BADDELEYITE; BASALT; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA; MAGMA; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILL; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857131848     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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