Large igneous provinces / Richard E. Ernst, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University & Ernst Geosciences.

"Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) are intraplate magmatic events, involving volumes of mainly mafic magma upwards of 100,000 km3, and often above 1 million km3. They are linked to continental break-up, global environmental catastrophes, regional uplift and a variety of ore deposit types. In this...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Ernst, Richard E. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Igneous rocks. Magmatism. Earth (Planet) > Mantle. Geodynamics. Planets > Mantles. Earth (Planet)