Identification of ancient mantle plumes

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 352, Issue , 2001, Pages 5-21

  Campbell, Ian H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

AGE PROGRESSION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; EXTERNAL FORCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; THERMAL ANOMALIES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE SWARM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANTLE PLUME; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 84871043378     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2352-3.5     Document Type: Article

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