Plume/lithosphere interaction in the generation of continental and oceanic flood basalts: Chemical and isotopic constraints

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 100, Issue , 1997, Pages 335-355

  Lassiter, John C ^a   DePaolo, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84922472684     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM100p0335     Document Type: Chapter

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