Plume heads, continental lithosphere, flood basalts and tomography
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Flood basalts and hot-spot tracks: plume heads and tails.
Continental flood basalt eruptions have resulted in sudden and massive accumulations of basaltic lavas in excess of any contemporary volcanic processes. The largest flood basalt events mark the earliest volcanic activity of many major hot spots, which are thought to result from deep mantle plumes. The relative volumes of melt and eruption rates of flood basalts and hot spots as well as their te...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0305-8719,2041-4927
DOI: 10.1144/gsl.sp.1992.068.01.07