The Caribbean-Colombian cretaceous igneous province: The internal anatomy of an oceanic plateau

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 100, Issue , 1997, Pages 123-144

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a   Tarney, John ^a   Marriner, Giselle F ^b   Nivia, Alvaro ^c   Saunders, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

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EID: 85040174239     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM100p0123     Document Type: Chapter

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