Giant radiating dyke swarms: Their use in identifying pre-Mesozoic large igneous provinces and mantle plumes

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 100, Issue , 1997, Pages 297-333

  Ernst, Richard E ^a,b   Buchan, Kenneth L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 85028833411     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM100p0297     Document Type: Chapter

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