Large igneous provinces and plate tectonics

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 121, Issue , 2000, Pages 309-326

  Eldholm, Olav ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84946905670     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM121p0309     Document Type: Chapter

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