Hotspots and mantle plumes: Global intraplate tectonics, magmatism and ore deposits

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 183-216

  Pirajno, Franco ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING;

EID: 9444236710     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0046-4     Document Type: Review

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