Large igneous provinces

by Ernst, Richard

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xii, 653 pages) : : illustrations, cartes, figures, tableaux.

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ISBN:9781139025300, 1139025309
oclc:on1136562383
LC Classification:QE461

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction, definition, and general characteristics; 2. Essential criteria: distinguishing LIP from non-LIP events; 3. Continental flood basalts and volcanic rifted margins; 4. Oceanic LIPs: oceanic plateaus and ocean basin flood basalts and their remnants through time; 5. Plumbing system of LIPs; 6. Archean LIPs; 7. Planetary LIPs; 8. Silicic (Felsic) LIPs; 9. Links with carbonatites, kimberlites, and lamprophyres/lamproites; 10. Geochemistry of LIPs; 11. LIPs and topographic changes; 12. LIPs and rifting; 13. LIPs and links with contractional structures; 14. LIPs and environmental catastrophes; 15. Assessing the origin of LIPs; 16. LIPs and implications for mineral, hydrocarbon and water resources; References; Index.

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e-books Earth (Planet) Earth (Planet) -- Mantle igneous rock Igneous rocks Livres numériques Magmatism Magmatisme Planets -- Mantles Roches ignées Terre -- Manteau